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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmto A des taux de reduction diff6rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich«, 11 est film* A partir de Tangle sup*rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 32t 1 2 3 4 5 6 y.. y^<^ <>.,/>. ./.' /-A. ^ *i . V .> '^.<^. "^/^ ^ ■Wv /. Y^. '^ >-^.^r:r ...< ^-i^^^ f^ r ^ JtE "•'^ >: --^'v^ '^ ^ ■ /^, <-t >^^f. ^J • I A -;, . / ^ c-V/^.' CONSTITUTIONS ^ ^' OF THE JiJ^TTlEJ^T FRATERJ\riTV OF ^1*.:%m4ffK, t?^^9» ».-.<; FREE^4ND j^eCJEPTED MASONS. PART THE 8EC0ND. CONTAINING THE CHARGES, REGULATIONS, PUBLISHED, BY IHE AUTHORITY Ot THE UNITED GRAND LODGE, BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Esq. Trov'\nc\id Grand Master for the County of Dorset. — ■ •" 1- ^1 FIRST CANADIAN EfilTION. KEPUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KINGSTON : PRINTED BY H. C. THOMSON. MDCCCXXIII. "V /-] s 4 ./ •' 7 o »'d i I .-> Rj r I vr- 4^ o THE GUAXD LODG£ i i or .WTIE^^, FREE, dJ^^D ACCEPTED MdSOJ>rS OF UPPER CANADA, APPRECIATING THE EXCELLENT CHARACTER, THE DISTINGUISHED ABILITIES, AND THE IMPORTANT BENEFITS RENDERED TO THE CRAFT IN THIS PROVINCE, BY THE PERSONAL, AND INDEFATIGABLE EXERTIONS OF THEin RIGHT WORSHIPFUL, PROFLVCIJIL OR^JVD MASTER, BEG WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT, AND FRATERNAL AFFECTION, TO DEDICATE THIS FIRST CANADIAN EDITION or THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. lurk, Upper Canada, July 9, A. D. 1825, ,a.L. 5825. lOOC: AT the particular request of many membert of the craft this Se- . cond Part of the Book of Conatitutioos ia published, and will be de- livered to the subscribers separately, that the Iodides and brothrea nay, so much the sooner, possess the Laws and Regulations of the Society. The First Psrt, containing the History of Masonry, from the earliest period to the end of the year 1815. with Preface and co- pious Index to the whole work, will be printed with as little delay as possible. Subscribers are requested not to bind their books till the expiratioo of three years, when, by a vote of the grand lodge, the laws are to be again revised. Should any alteration or additions be then niade. the sheets in which such alterations occur will be re printed and for- warded to each subscriber. W. WILUAMS. Belmont' Bouse, December 12, 1815. ■J *,* Subscribers are requested to apply for their copies to the Grand Secretaries, at Free Masons' Hall, by whom further subscrip- tions will be received. Any profit which may accrue will be given to the funds of the grand lodge. WM. WILLIAMS. SANCTION. I "«N with directions tht, t: 1""' 1° "'! """•" ''^^•"'~' ''"T- "of the united cr.ft ,''ld '^0^ Z ' •'' ''' '"'"'•= government law. then existing, as" wenlMLr^^r^frrXt'^-trr '" *'« rope, prepared a Code of Laws whic. 1 V "*''" 8^"""^ '"Jff'^'' in Eu- special Grand Lod.e. on ttt ird ^ ^^"C ;'":, " T """'""'°" '^ ^ dered. that copies should be made and lef^T ' ""''°" '' *" "'• the perusal of all the members of t.e Grl'dioZ T'"""' "''"•• '"' ring this month, the Board of r^n^i .? ^' ^"^ °"' "'°""'- »»- and discuss any alterations or aT ''"" """ "'^'''^' '" «"-« The laws.thus impro ed w aliTrra'TnT ,*""=' "l'^"' "^ '"«"»««^- I-dge. on the 3lst of May anTwere 1 " ll'T''' '' " '""'*' «""^ month, for the perusal of tJe bretiJen aT « "f '" ""^ "P" '"=• """^h" the 23d of Augu'st. thee Uw. we e a^hfri^ ^'•''^•'' "'"'^ »" mously approved . and it was reso ed Mhev s.T?*. k'"""^ "" """'• years, f^m the .t of November. ISl,::^ Ij;:: rs:b;e^:t ll ^ '^'" Lottiiiireif^^he'te::;^.::?"^^^^ ny brother who can sugg s rnv l/fJu^^^^^^^^^^^ " "" '"'*''" '""'-''• ^^^t a- to transmit his opinionfo the Gra. d Sec et" " " T'?'"'"' '^ '""'""^"'^ vi«d. such suggLtions will're^r d?eTol":e«t::^ ^''' "'* '''^' '" - Provincial Grand MastefforU.e 1^0.1 Vn' °™*'''' ^'"''"" ^"«""». selfthe printmg and pub is^.n?a„d ??""'*• ««'*«>'J ♦» *«k« "P-n him- the use of the Lnd Lod« wLh „« T^^ '"' '"■""' "'''^'' "'"^ »"-•- to andthereaponu„:„tL;3l7Xdt2n" authorised to print a new edit io of ttt ok oTcolTr "'' T'k"""" "^ Py.right thereof be vested in him. °f Constitutions and that the co- PKEKAI r. JO THE COUUECTEl) EDITIOX t)ccember, 1813, it -Aig ited in the two societies t>«rdoff;ener»I Purpo. the future government ely conuiflerea all the er grand lodges in Eu- Jtheconiiderationofi, whereupon it waa or. :onvenient place% for for one month. Du- it weekly, to receive light be suggeitcd.— I, at a Special Grand > lie open for another rand Lodge, held on discussed, and unani. be in force for three ect to revision. to enable the Grand her resolved, that a- idment be retiuested lien the I-aws are re- for the use of the !r William Williams, d to take upon him- khich may accrue to rratefully accepted ; MAM WitUAMS be ons and that the co- VW«>MVVV««VVV«,V«VVV*.V«VV«%VMVW» Thk laws enacted for the regulation of the craft, on the 23(1 Au- gust, 1815, hating, in pursuance of the plan then proposed, and of subsequent resolutions of the Grand Lodge, been revised, and seve- ral amendments having beca made therein, the sheets in which any alterations occurred have been reprinted, and are distinguished by an asterisk (•) at the bottom of such sheets. The part of the Constitution-Book now printed being intended as a book of reference, all laws relating to the same subject have been collected and placed under one head; but inasmuch as anj particu- lar law may have a bearing upon a subject which two individuals might expect to find under different heads, so each law has been re. peated under every head to which it in any way has reference. This mode of classification, although by its repetitions it has necessarily extended the work, affords such facility in obtaining information, up- on every subject sought after that it has met wiU. general approval. It was the intention cf the Grand Lodge that the History of Ma- sonry, wh.ch is to form the first part of the volume, should have been forwarded with the alterations: but it hi. .; been recently ascertain- ed that the manuscripts and papers of a deceased brother, formerly grand chaplain, and who for some time had been collecting and pre- paring materials for a History of the Craft, have come into the hands of a brother, application has been made to him on the subject, and he has kindly undertaken to search amongst such papers, and to trans- nut to the Grand Master all those which may be useful to the Grand Lodge. Under these circumstances, it is thought adviseable to de- ter printing the historical part until the result of that research be known, because there is every reason to believe that from these pa- pers much advantage may be derived. „ , ,„ W. WILLIAMS. Belmont-Bonse, i9th Februart/, 1819. f EN( 1 AT 1 THE CHARGES J OF A FREE-MASON: KX I MAC TED FROM TAe dntient Records of Lodges beyond Sea, AND OF THOSE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, Wm T££& urn W IL®a)Offig. TO BE KE.in inu. MAblER SHALL OUDKR IT. ^ow republished by Ord^ofthe Grand Lodge. 4 THE GENERAL HEADS, viz. I. Of God and lieligron. ir. ()f the Civil Magistrate supreme and subordinate III. Of Lodges. IV. Of Masters, ^'"^^^ns, Fellows, and Apprentices \ fif the Management of the Craft in Horldng. Vl. OfBeiaviour, viz. i. In the Lodge while constituted. 2. differ the Lodge is over and the Brethren notgom 3. When Brethren meet without Strangers, hut m in a Lodge. 4. In Presence of Strangers not Masons. 5. ^t Home and in the .Yeighbourhood. 6. Towards a strange Brother. THE OF A FREE-MASON, &c. &c. SADS, viz. L— Concerning GOD and ItELIGION. A MAsov is obliged, by his tenure, obey the moral law ; and if lie rightly understand the art lie will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He, of all wen, should best understand that GOD seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh at the outward appearaure, but 3, and Apprentices. ^^^ looketh to the heart. A mason is, therefore, parti- cularly bound never to act against the dictates of his cou- ficience. Let a man's religion or mode of worship be what it may, he is not excluded from the order, provided he H- lieve in the glorious architect of heaven and earth, and practise the sacred duties of morality. Mas.ms unite with the virtuous of every persuasion in the firm and pleasin-' bond of fraternal love; tliey are taught to view the errors of mankind with compassion, and to strive, by the purity of their own conduct, to demonstrate the superior excel- lence of the faith they may profess. Thus masonry is the ceutre of union between good men and true and the liappy means of conciliating friendship amongst those who , must otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance. 11.-0/ the CIVIL MAGISTRVTE, SUPREME . and JSLUORDIN ATE. me and subordinate. ft in Horking, led. he Brethren not gone it Strangers, but no; 'it Masons, urhood. A MASON is a peaceable subject to the civil powers u - tf '. ,1 ANTIENT CHARGKS. wherever lie resides or works in,l i. -e-> m plots ,„,! conspirac e .ITn V 1. " " ''"""""■ of the nation, nor J h.i. fi ' P'°"' ""'I "elfim or n".gi..mt;r H? ,":;: ::"f;'v-"'««"'^ '» ■■"■-i Ix'vful authority, to „ ,h„u "^ *" ™"'""» '« <»-<•} est of ,he co„.™„'nit 2^' ?" " "^^ »<■'--•". 'Le inle,. tines of peace and Ln.C"^- ' T"' """"*'«■'' '" «<.e.., and confusion;" 7' ':f'" "^ »-'■-'"'>.' «Se, have l,een „,„ch di,p td t et ' ""T' '" ""'■J onacconnt of their neT^h '" ™™''"S'' ""e craftsmen thc„rac.ic,i,y,::xrc rift-'r'^-- "''™''•^■ P".™o.e the >.ono„roftr;ltir''c:r"'"''"'' bound by peculiar ties to nrom J »^™f'™>'n arc -., and live in conco^ ^SrXr '""" '^"^ ffl— or LODGES. wotica:dtij:,t:.ctrd ""■"" '■"''■■"''^•- --»>"»'' <» lories of their altn'slZ"';:*'''"'?'? '" "«' "^'• plies to persons as „el ^t p ,1 t'!"*" ^'"'^ " "P" assen.bly„rd„|y.oro^„ise,,°„r' / ""O' -csnla,. lodge. Every CthfrTu ' ,( t '"f "'"""""' '' ^«"«' » be suhject to if, byT, , 2 U !"','" "■"" '-'«" »»■' craft. A lodge Ly t litj, ^ "■' -^S-'^"""' of the willbeWstu^de^wI'lr r™' "^ ""*"''"•.«« 'edge of the eslablis nd ^ ''"« "' ""'' ""•™« ""-ow. alone to be ac;ut'f '' ^f ' ''"•' ™''»"' »f 'be crai, are fellow could he ab;entfr T'TV''"" "" "•»"«"'• warned to appear at Uw^I •" '?"' "<""'"^ »'"=-■ unless i, appeared"! i,r ■; """"'"^ ' '""■"= ™""'^, ".eces^ity iS::' : *■= ■»''''- «■«• -->-« that pur VIIGES. is never to be concern t the peace and welfare f undutifully to infpii to confoim to eveiv O' occasion, (he inte,' promote the prospeii. as ever flourished in ured by war, blood - and princes, in evcr;^ -ourage the craftsmen nd loyalty, wjiereby their adversaries anil tj. Craftsmen arc ace, cultivate Jbarmo- love. 3. nasons assemble to 's«lves in the mys- ^tended sense it ap- ence every regular 'masons is called a ; to some lodge and • regulations of the I or particular, as and there a know- 3ms ofthe craft are nes no master or • especially when ; a severe censure, ardens that pure ANTIEXT CHARf KS. 5 The persons made masons or admitted members of a Jodge must be g women, no immoral or scandalous men, but of good re- port. ° IV.-ry MASTERS, WARDENS, FELLOM'S and APPRENTICES. All pror,.rma„t among masons is gronn.l,.,! upon real «'orlh,„dpe„„„„,„,rii„„,y. ,l,at,„,l,e lord, may U. we «.rv..d, tl,e >„tl,rc„ no, p,„ ,„ sbarae, nor the .™ ..ft<.e„,,se. : iheroforeno master or warden is cl,„ by semonty b„, for his merit. It is i„,,„,,iM„ ,„ „„;; cnke these things in writins, and therefore every brother must attend in his place, and learn them in a »av „ecu know, that no master shonid take an apprentice, „„le,sl,e has sufficient employment for him ; «,,d, nnles, he he ■, perfect yonth, having no maim or defect in his hodv that |..»y render him incapable of learning the art, of sm ,o l"s master's lord, and „f being made a brother, and t !;: a fellow-cra t ,n dne lime, after he has served s.lch a t ™ of year« as the custom of the country directs ; and that h. should be descended of honest paren,, ; that so. „|,oi o.herwtse qualified, he may arrive to the honour of l^" (lie warden, and then the master of the lodge, the oand warden, and a, length the grand master of all the lod,'- . accoiding to his merit. 'ouaes, NobroUier can be , warden until he has passed the part of a fellow-craft, nor a master until he has acted as a Warden, - - nor grand warden until he has be en master of a Ii> 4 6 ANTIENT CHARGES. II ti o.^c, „„,. grand master „„lc,s he 1.,, I,e»n , rell<„,.cr,ft Wfore l.» election, ,v|,„ i, «!,„,„ be nobly born, Tl !„ l«n,anof t.,e best f.shion, „r some emLn. eLaf„; -.ue cnnous .rcbitect, oroMH=r artist. .lescen.led of ToLs ZT'C T" ''"';''"S"'-'y Srea. merit in . L „, I "» of the lodge,. And for the better, and ea,ier and ■ore honourable discharge of his office, the grand mas^r mnstZX 1"'""'V"-- *T...ysra„d'n.as.e ,t ticalar lodge, and who has the privilege ofactin, whal^v er the grand master, his principal, sho'nld act „'„k T fc .aid principal he present, or interpose his anlhority by let "fler-ulnir' '"™"r "P™""^ '"-J -•■ordinate, sta r, va^n '^n '" '"' "'"''^ '» «'«"' ™'Pective sta ions by a.l the brethren, according to the old charge, iacrity""*"""' """ "" '""»''^'^' -™-. '"ve^r V.-»ftt« MANAGEMENT „/ «, CRAFT,,. WOHKING. Ai L ma,„„, ,1,,,, ,,.^^_.^ |^^__^^ shaiirobter!!:; "' "' '"" '""■' •" '""«'•"•••" "^ -»«»■», The most expert of the fellowcraflsmen shall be cbo ""'^ • who ,s to be called master by ,l,„se that .vJrk „ . GES. I Ijecii a felloAv-craft obly born, or a gen- eraineot scholar, or descended of honest t merit in the opin- er, and easier, and e, the grand master grand master, who le master of a par- e of acting whatcv- uld act, unless the is authority by let- ; and subordinate, in their respective to the old charges rence, love, and a- however sh'Ued in til he had been e- e CRAFT /« > working days, s ; and the time rmed by custom, n shall becho- er of the lord's 3 that work uu- ANTIENT CHARGES. 7 der him. The craftsmen are to avoid all ill lansuasrc, and to call each other i>y no disobliging name, but brother or fellow ; and to behave themselves courteously within and without the lodare. The master, knowing himself to be able of cunning, shall undertake the lord's work as reasonably as possible, and truly dispend his goods as if they were his own ; nor to give more wages to any brother or apprentice than ho really may deserve. Both the master and the masons receiving their wages, justly, shall be faithful to the lord, and honestly finish their work, whether task or journey ; nor put the work to task that hath been accustomed to journey. None shall discover envy at the prosperity of a brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his work, if he be ca- pable to finish the same ; for no man can finish another's work so much to the lord's profit, unless he be thorough- ly acquainted with the designs and draughts of him that began it. When a fellow-craftsman is chosen warden of the work under the master, he shall be true both to master and fel- lows, shall carefully oversee the work in the master's ab- sence, to the lord's profit ; and his brethren shall obey bim. All masons employed shall meekly receive their wages, without murmuring or mutiny, and not desert the master till the work be finished. A younger brother shall be instructed in working, to prevent spoiling the materials for want of judgment, and for increasing ai.d conlinning of bjutherly love. All the tools used in working shall be approved by the grand lodge. , - -1 « ANTIENT CHAKOEs. No laboun-r shall l,„ cm,,|„,,,j ■ ,. masoiuy; nor sliaii f,„. „' ■ " '" ""= pmper work of ■"" <•-, «i.i.o„, ,,.„;„:: r r* '""■ ""- .i.«. «« '»""..ror.s a,„. uoaee.™ . C! "'^ ' '!"' """' "-^ '-^h bfotlior or fdIo»-. "' "* ""y '''""W leach a VX.-0/ BEHAVIOUR, t-fe. You .clzf''i!t!f^-' '*'^ "'"'"■"'w- -ver.a.(„;^r ::t;r""r' -' '»'-™'^ - behave y«u.« . ;:!'?„ jr '''"'".'^ '" '''» ■»-'- = any ui,becomh,s lanuia.^ „„„„r ''""' ""■•'"e ""'tto pay duereveC^ r ^''■•'^''''''""'''''--er, 'Hl«..,a»d,.„.«,;;„;„':,7;'- °'"""' -"-^--and If any complaint be hiim»-i„ n ■ ,. wl'O are (he Kroner I^H *'''•"""''""'• of the 1„,|J "—.es, (n'nTe ry™ c:;:C:'f' "-"-■' "' "" ™^- ™- ■"'•se) and ,„ „,,„J, ",,:;7„1^ ^ ''[ "PP™' •» the grand I-""- 'voric be hi„de.dThri l^'T'r '""■^; ""'"='' » parCcnhr reference may be made" TV ' '" "'"'^'' <^"« » to la,v alwut what ro„LZT ' ^™ ""^ ""«"• go >"'» ..ece.i.y ap,:: rtrr,::""'^' """-"' "- ""- -. — Sehai'iour aftev thp t^j • nots^one. Uw.,.. ,_>.,, tlic proper work of with those that a,e •»«»r shall they teach 'iey sJiould teach a ANTIENT CHARGES. VIZ. titiited. ttees, or separate ister, nor to talk nor interrupt the i"S to the master ; t'nsly while the so'ernn; nor use nee whatsoever ; V wardens, and er found guiljy n of the lodge, "f all such con- 'al to the grand en-od, unless a n which case a •oust never go thout an ahso- i the brethren lirth, treatinff S all excess. 9 or forcing any hrothr-r to eat or drink heyond his inclina- «cn, or hindering him from goiog when his occasiims call bim, or do.„5 or saying any thing offensive, or that may forhni an easy and free conversation ; for that would hiast our harmony, and defeat our laudable purposes. There- IJre no private picjues or quarrels must be brought within ttic door of the lodge, far less any quarrels about religion! It""'' T T- '"*"•'' ^' '^^''"S only, as masons, of Ae muversal rehgH.n above-mentioned ; we are also o all letroT . '; '"^" "''* never yet conduced to the Feuare of the lodge, nor ever will I ^.-Behaviour when brethren meet without strangers. but not in a Lodge formed, ^ You are to salute one another in a courteous manner, as you will be instructed, calling each other brother, freely giving „„t«al instruction as shall be thought expedient, without being overseen or overheard, and without en- eroaching upon each other, or derogating from that res- je^ which .s due to any brother, were he not a mason : fcr though all masons are, as brethren, upon the same lev- •1, yet masonry takes no honour from a man that he had Jefore ; nay rather it adds to his honour, especially if he fcas deserved well of the brotherhood, who mustgfve ho! Ilour to whom it is ,h.e, and avoid ilf manners. ^ ^.-Behaviour in presence of strangers, not masons. ^ You shall b. cautious in your words and carria.^eah.t m find out what IS not prope^ to be intimated : and som.- ■ il'i 10 AxMlENT CHAKGES. ' 1 Jime, you ,,,„j| .„,,,,, a discourse, .„,1 manage ii „,.„.,„„. ly for the l,„„„„r „f i|,„ „,,„|,ipf„, f„„„,i,y; •""■■"" ».-BMar/„„r a, homa and in your nei^kbonrhooi. Vol, arc to actas become, a moral and «,«„ man • i.», know Ibc concerns of liic lodse.&c • f„. ,„i ,*"""• liood, for reasons not to be mentione.I I.Pr. "^**"»^'^ .Uo oo„,„Uyo„r„eaU.. '-y not ::.t TCrr Jateo. loo „„s from u„„e after lodge honrTfr^^l'r and by avoMling of g.uHony or Urunkenne" La.™ ; .™.l.es^be not neglected Or injured, nor you diUti C &— Behaviour toicards a strange brother You srecautiously to examine liim in such a metbn,! . prudence sball direct you. .bat you may no. X^tlZ upon by an ■gnorant false pretender, whom y„u a^rre ,^ctw,tb contempt and derision, and beware^of gi v7„l ,1' any bints of knowledge. 6"'"S,'"ni But if you discover him to be a true and genuine bro ther, you are to respect bim accordingly : and if be . jvantyou must relieve bim if you can! iM' i J 'mI" how be may be relieved. You must employ hirsor days, or else recommend bim to bo employed But T are not cbarged to do beyond your ability ,- only "If! a poor b«,tber tbat is a good man and t^e befU a'y Iher poor people in tbe sa„,e circumstances. ^ sothose Iba shall be communicated to you in another w "'• cult.va..ns hrotberly love tbe foundation and cape-sZ'e U&ES. nd manage it piinlciit- fiateiiiitjr. 'Mr neighhourhood. and wise man ; par nds, and neighbours. ; but wisely to con 'our antient brother ed here. Vou must tinning together too dge hours are past ; nkenness, that your oryou disabled from "nge brother. in such a method as ay not be imposed vhom you are to re- eware of giving him e and genuine bro- lly ; and if he is iu or else direct him employ him some iployed. But you ity; only to prefer I tme befo-e any o- ices. to observe and al- ou in another way: •nand cape-stone, ANTIENT CHARGES. n the cement and glory, of this antient fraternity, avoidins; all wrangling and quarrelling, all slander and backbiting? nor permitting others to slander any honest brother, but defending his character and doing him all good offices, as i"ar as is consistent with your honour and safety, and no farther. And if any of them do you injury, you must ap- ply to your own or his lodge ; and from thence you may appeal to the grand lodge, at the quarterly communication, as has been the antient laudable con.luct of our forefath- ers in every nation ; never taking a legal course but when the case cannot be otherwise decided, and patiently listen- ing to the honest and friendly advice of master and fel- lows, when they would prevent your going to law with strangers, or would excite you to put a speedy period to all law-suits, that so you may find the affair of masonry with the more alacritv and success ; but with respect to brothers or fellows ai law, the master and brethren should kindly offer their mediation, which ought to be thankfully submitted toby the contending brethren ; and if that sub- mission is impracticable, they must, however, carry on their process, or law-suit, without wrath and rancour, (not in the common way,) saying or doing nothing which may hinder brotherly love and good offices to be renewed and continued, that all may see the benign influence of mason- ry, as all true masons have done from the beginning of the world, and will do to the end of time, ^wen, so mote it he. CfENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE OOrElLVMK^ OF THE CRAFT, ESTABLISHED BY THE THE public interests of the frifprnW,. ageneral represenlalion of all n^l f.r ""'"^'^"^ '^ together with the present an 1 ..« . ^'' **" ''"""'•**' S^andmasteratthe rid Tl^n'''' *^"' '^'"' *»'« the THE UNrTFDrRlrn"' ''"'•' '^"^^•^'^^"'^^ TIENT FUFF /vt. .^^^'^ ^^'^GE OF AN- ENGLlNi^^fj^fJ^ ACCEPTED MASONS OF i. The Grand Master, S. Past Grand Masters, 3. Depnty Grand xMaster, ?• ^««' '^«"P"ty Grand Masters, 5. Provincial Grand Masters, 6. Past Provincial Grand Masters, 7. Grand Wardens, ' 8. Past Grand Wardens, 9. Grand Chaplain, 10. Past Grand Chaplains, It- Grand Treasurer, 12. Past Grand Treasurers I J'HE GRAND LODGE. 13 TIOXS E CRAFT, GR OF A IV. > MASONS OF the following or- i i3. Grand Kegistrar, 14v P«st Grand Registrars, 13. Grand Secretary, 16. Past Ciraiid Secretaries, IT- Grand Deacons, 18. Past Grand Deacons, 19. Gi-and Sni»erinlendant of the Works, 20. Grand Director of the Ceremonies, 21. Grand Sword Bearer, 2?>. Grand Organist, The Grand Stewards of the Year, The Master, Past Masters, and Wardens, of the Grand Stewards Lodge, The Masters, Past Masters, and Wardens, of ev- ery Wairanted Lodge. All brethren who have been regnlarly elected and in- skUed as master of a lodge, and who have executed the office for one year, shall rank as past masters, and shall be members of the grand lodge, so long as they continue subscnbing members of any lodge. Rut if a past master shall coase to subscribe to a lodge for the space of twelve months he shall no longer enjoy the rank of past master, or continue a member of the grand lodge Brethren ofeminence and ability, wl.o have rendered «erv,ce^to the craft, may, by a vote of the grand lodge, du- ly confirmed, be constituted honorary members of the grand lodge, with such rank as may be th..ught proper. *n !« ^^^,!^^'^'' "'• ^^«"^«"« «f «"y lo'lge, not being able to aUend their duty m grand lodge, may, by a written document, appomt otlu-r members of their Iodide, duK qualified, to represent them : namely, a past master to VI € H THE tIRAND LODGE. 'I. k 3- .Slmuldany l,„Isc have ncglcd",! t„ „,„k„ it, „,„-„, "n,I payment, to the graD,! Wge ,|„,.i„, „,» ia, ye,' ,1 in«.tcr, wanlen,, and past master,, of such 10,^:. i ..oj he permmcd to a«e„., any meeUn-oft 2 ^,t .."..Uuehrcnrns and payments shall have heen compS! *. No hrolher shall hold more than one office in the Sraiid lodge at one and the same time. t>. Jour grand lodges shall beholden, for „„arlerlv comm„n,oa ,on, in each year, viz. on the fl«t Wed„« Z m he months of Ma,^h, J„„e, September, and Dec mbe, »t winch none shall be present but the proper memhe ' ;.'"'"'" P'"^''""> "f'l'e Smud master, or other pr^ l.ns gran.l officer. No visitor shall speak to any Cl Uo» wuhoot leave of the grand master, nor shall he, I iij occasion, be permitted to vole. „„t," '''"'S.''*""""! '» ""= """ests of the craft that all « a ers of business to be brought nndcr th, ., i...,atio" «f the grand lodge should be previously km,,,, " grand officers and master of lodges, thai, ti„o„sh them all the representatives of lodges may be apprised of s" m^mess, and be prepared to decide lhe>-eon. withou be S a e„ ,j. ,„rpri,e, a general committee, coi^sisti g f > riting, under his hand, and, at the same time, appoint a past master of his lodge to represent him. At this committee, six masters or past masters of lodg- es shall be nominated to attend, within the porch of the grand lodge, at each subsequent quarterly communication to see that none, except those who are qualified, and who have their proper clothing and jewels, and have signed their names to the accustomed papers, be admitted. 7. It shall be in the power of the grand master, or, in ^iis absence, of the deputy grand master, or, in his ab- sence, of the grand wardens, to summon and hold grand lodges of emergency, whenever the good of the craftshall m their opinion, require it; the particular reason for con- venmg such lodge of cmergcMcy shall be expressed in the summons, and no other business shall be entered upon at that meeting. 8 There shall be a masonic festival, annually, on the ^\ ednesday next following the g,e;U nnlionMl f.>.ti^ «1 or I ^1 iG ?t. Geor-e, which shall ™E gkand lodg nj. "ave access on provi, L h *' "^"^'"' "'»«""' '»«y t'.epands.ewaIT; „1. rt"' "'"■ "'^"^ '■••■™ ""= U„d„„ ,|i„rie, shall ha ". '"■"■''"' ''"'S" "'"•"' »f tie grand festival ""^"""^ '^^" «" ">« dw S""..I office,. „e..i„;:^kt."^'- •'""' '"■"'''•'"•>■ «'« tl.e senior l„d.".° "'^'"' '"'P'-^''^"'' "-J' '^ master of 4et:'t;r.:';S:\r-'' «» -e ope„ed.-« when a pas, „,„„,, „ ''""^ "«"" "P'e^ent, i„ due form «*er,imes,„ti; r™ V ; 'i« 7"'^ ""'"''' "'«" "■' J" *"''"«> same authoritv. 10. Inllie grandlcMkeresirti., II.. law., and regul8ii,.„, for ,1,1 '^"'" "' «°aciing "faKering. lea i^ , ''^ S<»'ernment of the craft, and ".ey conl,„e', 2; ' : '"'^ "S- "--• l-videdtha -"■ ■.■,. sranirM^; :*,r X '-■-'^^ "f t„e mvesUsaling, re"ulati„' , i i . '"''"'■'»' P"*"- of «v to ,l,e craf ' m1 '' , ■ '"'""S- »» »'atte..s rela- ''-"■-■-.w cHrmnv*" '°'' '°"»''' "'"• '""•lividual *!esa,ed ai , t' i^T '" ^"'.'" ''^ "-'f » X^ ™cl power of erasino. I„d™ ' °T^ '"''?<' '''°»'' ^^''les the "aft, a power wl i hi l!u ''f "'"^ '"•'"•■"'" f'™ "'e -^^^-«.si-aiu.a. h:: ::,:::-- r:;":s:: i~.*^ *. ^ *»..&. g: .«i^«..4 ,»-..ji.*^i.^ . •• ,# A ,i, »^, * * ^ — GE. to brotherly love Jiilar masons may w»fh ti\ kcts from Jvate lodge within c feast on the day r occasional, the > hi" ruled hy the vho may be pre- h' the master of to be opened in ^ent, in due form presides, at all le authority. ''er of enacting •f the craft, and 1. l>rovided that (I-marks of the •erent power of 1 matters rela- rto individual self or by such ■ discretion, it e resides the fjren from the B to any sub- 'rother cxpel- or the offen- shew cause. THE GRAND LODGE. 17 in the grand lodge, why such sentence should not be re- corded. 12. All differences or complaints that cannot be accom- modated privately, or in some regular lodge, shall be re- duced into writing, and delivered to the grand secretary, who shall lay them before the grand master, or the proper board or committee appointed by the grand lodge. When all parties shall have been summoned to attend thereon, and the case shall have been investigated, such order and adjudication may be made as shall be authorised by the laws and regulations of masonry. 13. When any memorial, petition, remonstrance, or o- ther document, shall be presented by any member of the grand lodge, either on behalf cf himself or another, the member piesenting it shall declare, that such paper does not contain any improper matter, or any offensive or in- decorous language. 14. The grand master shall be nominated, according to antient usage, at the quarterly communication in Be- cember, being the meeting nearest to the winter solstice, and at the grand lodge nearest the vernal equinox ; name- ly, m March the election shall take place. The grand master so elected shall, either on the day of the grand ma- sonic festival, or on the day immediately preceding, as he may direct, be regularly installed. He is then to appoint his grand ofKcers, who are thereupon to be installed or in- vested in antient form. 15. No brother below the rank of a past grand master shall assume the grand master's chair, though he be enti- tied, in the nbappre nP n,/> 1 — _ ^ • i <» , , j-^s-« ,,. .uc 5ittiui master, lo rule the jrrand lodge. ^ m «■■■ .'1 I if ft Iw * ^ ->. •. a: j»' i * *. JU •!• — ■■ fc'Jil II 'k 18 THE GRAND LODGE. iii* ^r«?v^JT^ •''"'■ '*" GOVERNMENT „/ the GRAND LODGE during the Time ofPDmir BUSINESS. ■' '^'^""C T„Egra„,I lodp bring opened, the by-law, ,,« tobe a^d of any ,„terve„,„s grand lodge,,™ then to beputfor confirmation and other business regularly proceeded on. ,,.1; T r ^ '" ■" ''"""'"• ''y « ■""jo'ily of votes, ea h member having one vote and tl» g™„d master two votes , nnless the lodge, for the sake of e.peditiwi, think proper to leave any particular subject to the determinaUon of the grand master. The votes of the members are al- M hich uplifted hands the grand wardens .« to count, un- less the number should be so unequal as So render cLi- ting nnnecessary. 2. At the third stroke of the grand master's gavel, or Tvhenever the grand master shall call to order, there shall he general silence. 3. A" "embers shall keep their seats, except the grand deacons or graml stewards, who are allowed to move a- bout, from place to place, in the discharge of their d«ties. 4. No brother shall speak twice to the same ouestioa, unless in explanation, or the mover in reply 5 Every one who speaks shall rise, and remain stan^ ding, addressing lumself to the grand master, nor shall a- ny brother presume to interrupt him, unless he shall be ^vandermg from the point, or the grand master shall think ht to rail him to order ; but, after he has been set right, be may proceed, if he observe due order and decorum ►GE. ^NMENT of the rime 0/ PUBLIC by-laws are to be rly rommunication, 5 then to be put for rly proceeded on. » majority of votesy grand master two r expedition, think the determination ' members are al- one of his hands, 9 are to count, un- s to render coun- laster's gavel, or order, there shall except the grand ►wed to move a- ;e of their duties, e same question, and remain stan- ster, nor shall a- !ess he shall be aster shall think i been set right, ind decorum. THE GRAND LODGE. 1» 6. If any member shall have been twice called to order for transgressing these rules, and shall nevertheless be guilty of a third oflFence at the same meeting, the grand master shall peremptorily command him to quit the lodge for that meeting. 7. Whoever shall be so unmasonic as to hiss at a bro- ther, or what he has said, shall be forthwith solemnly ex- cluded the communication, and declared incapable of be- ing a member of any grand lodge, till, at another time, he publicly own his fault, and grace be granted. 8. No motion for a new law or regulation, or for the alteration or repeal of an old one, shall be made, until it shall have been proposed in or communicated to the gen- eral committee, which meets on the Friday preceding each quarterly communication, nor until it shall have been ban- ded up in writing to the grand master. After having been perused and found by him not to contain any thing con- trary to the antient landmarks of the order, the motion may be publicly proposed. If seconded, the question shall be put thereon for the opinion of the grand lodge. If approved and confirmed, at the next ensuing meeting of the grand lodge, it becomes a law of the society. 9. No vote for the grant of any money as a gratuity or i«eward to a brother shall be valid, unless it shall have been regularly proposed, seconded, and read, at a quar- terly communication, and considered and confirmed at the subsequent grand lodge. 10. No motion on a new subject shall be made nor any new matter entered upon after eleven o'clock at night. 'k:- ■r^l M t THE GRAND MASTEK. <>f GRAND MASTER. J. The grand m.ster shall, according toanlicnt usa-e ben„™„ated ..the quarterly commurfcation n D^t ber m every year, being the meeting nearest to the w n,« solstice, and at the grand lodge neai^st to the vernTe qmnox, namely, in Ma,.h, the election shall take „lac^ rbe grand master, so elected, shall, either on the d'y ?f hen to nommate h,s grand officers, ,vho are therenpon „ be installed or invested in anaent form S. If the grand master shoold die during his master sl..p,orby ,iek„e,,, ^y,^^ ^^ otherwise! he re^d incapable of discharging the duties of his *e, ,he de puty grand master, or, iu his absence, the grand hardens shall assemble the grand lodge im^ediaWy, ,rrto"d the event! which grand lodge shall appoint U,l„f», «9 grand master until a new election takes place • if he decline to act, then the last but one, and so on but f i flcernext m rank and seniority shall proceed as princi- pal. At the quarterly communicaUoI, next ensuinTa new grand master shall be put in nomination, and Ze lec^n shall Uke place at the subsequent qua;.:;' ^d brother of eminence and skill to represent him in a sister grand lodge. He may also constitute .„v ,.!.«,!' h-- brother, wh. may be regularly deputed fro'^a sis ergl'd" FEK. ER. ig to autient usage, nication in Decem- Jarest to the winter 3t to the vernal e- 1 shall take place, her on the day of r immediately pre- installed. He is are thereupon to iring his master- vise, be rendered ^is office, the de- B grand wardens, lately, to record Joint three of its nd master to act kes place : if he soon; but, if no or the grand of- )ceed as princi- lext ensuing, a tion, and the e- quarterly grand 't, appoint any him in a sister u a sister grand rii THE GRAND MASTER. SI lodge, a member of the grand lodge of England with such rank as may be appropriate. 4. The grand master has full authority to preside in ev- ery lodge, and to order any of his giand officers to attend him. His deputy is to be placed on his right and the master of the lodge on his left hand. His wardens are also to act as wardens of that particular lodge, during his presence ; but, if the grand wardens be absent, then the grand master may command the wardens of the lodge, or any master masons, to act there as his wardens pro tem- pore. 5. The grand master may send his grand officers to vi- sit any lodge he may think proper. 6. Should the grand master be dissatisfied with the conduct of any of his grand officers, he may submit the cause of complaint to the grand lodge ; and, should it ap- pear to the majority of the brethren present that the com- plaint is well-founded, he may displace sucli grand offi- cer and nominate another. But no grand officer can bo removed unless with the approbation of the grand lodge. 7. The grand master may summon any lodge or bro- ther to attend him, and to produce the warrant, books, pa- pers, or accounts of such lodge, or the certificate of such brother. If they do not comply or give sufficient reason for their non-compliance, such summons is to be repea- ted ; and, should they still persist in their contumacy, such lodge or brother rmy be suspended, and the pro- ceeding notified to the grand lodge. 8. If the grand master should be satisfied that any bro- ther has been illegally, or without sufficient cause, sus- pended, n-moved, or excluded, from any of his masonic functions or privileges, by an^ private lodge or other sub- ' 1 •'I .11 ■n 'i '! V.::: ^■'^■ I'ii' ' :i: 22 THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. r *:!? ti°'f \' "^^^ ^''^' ^- *« '- -insiatcd or bre'h^nttell::'.!!;''''" ""- «-''0 «■«' the think deserving s?.T ' ''™""'™ *''»»■ ^^ °>«y ne,s cone nfnTllt" '"" °'" "rPP""" "- »» ""«• put. 0, .... pto:~ „rr ""' "■'»"«'• «-» -«■ "e »h,., be -bJeotedtV: t^iot '^b'"??' fed by the occasion : bccausi. I,:7i, f fu ' '"' "'"='*■ »ity have had no reisoHo "t h ,"' "" ""'""' *"«'■ *eyhavep.™.er„Xerh;Sr ''■"" ""'" 0/DEPUTY GRAND MASTER s™.;d!.rte:"„T.h:dwr-'''r'!; ''""'""^' -^ "■» In .he absence ottbe^iZZrl^'T'""^^"- all his powers and privUe^, ' "" "'P"'^ »<"'««««' which he may visit '^^,1 T f ' '" '''"'J' ^Se i"»3iand Hardens, if present, are toactas MASTER. to be reinstated or the next ensuing brother who shall decided that the ed themselves un- the grand master ren whom he may lave a new num- 88 then on record, jplied to on busi- t through the de- 5 his power, and e of the lodges, tion, to be dicta- he antient frater- an event which JTER. inually, by the n» and, if pre- ding to antient i regular lodge, 'puty possesses thority, unless « every lodge 5 lodge on his it^ are to act as THE GRAND WARDENS. §3 wardens of that particular lodge, during the deputy's con- tinuance there ; but, if the grand wardens be absent, tlien the deputy grand master may command the wardens of the Ijdge or any master masons to act as his wardens pro tempore. 3. If the deputy grand master should be absent from any grand lodge, the grand officer next in rank and seni- ority shall act pro tempore. 4. The deputy grand master cannot be removed unless for sufficient cause appearing to the grand lodge. But, should the grand master be dissatisfied with the conduct of his deputy, he may submit the case to the grand lodge ; and, should it appear to the majority of the brethren pre- sent that the complaint is well-founded, he may displace suck grand officer, and nominate another, that harmony and peace may be preserved. 5. If the deputy grand master neglect to attend his du- ty in the grand lodge, he shall forfeit, for the first time, three guineas to the general fund of charity ; for Uie se- cond neglect, this fine shall be doubled ; and if be neg- lect to attend a third time during the year, or refuse to pay the fines when incurred, his office shall be considered as vacated, and any rank or distinction he may have acqui- red in consequence «f such appointment, shall be forfeit- ed. 0/ GRAND WARDENS. i. The grand wardens are appointed by the grand master, annually, on the day of his installation, and, if present, are to be immediately installed. These officers should have regularly served the office of master of a I'l ' .'lt l)' Hi;' 2* THE GRAND WARDENS. !vtf ;. '^'''^,?"""°* *^^ ^' ^^"'lens of a private lodge while they continue grand wardens. ^ 2. When the actual grand wardens are in the lodge no others can supply their places, but in their absence the se- nior past grand wardens present shall act p: 3 tempore. If no past grand warden be present the grand master may direct any master of a lodge to act as grand warden for that occasion. 3. The grand wardens, whenever commanded, are to attend the grand master, and while he presides in any particular lodge arc to act there as his wardens. 4. A grand warden cannot be removed, unless for rea- sons which appear sufficient to the grand lodge ; but should the grand master be dissatisfied with the conduct of his grand wardens, he may submit thecase to the grand lodge ; and, should it appear to the majority of the breth- ren present that the complaint be well-founded, he may displace such grand warden and nominate another 5. If the grand wardens do not attend their duty in grand W^e they shall be subject to the following fines, to be paid to the general fund of charity, viz. for the first neglect, the senior grand warden two guineas, the junior grand warden one guinea; for a second neglect of duty the above fines shall be doubled ; and if they neglect to attend a third time within the year, or refuse to pay the fines incurred as above, their offices shall be considered as vacated, and any rank or distinction they may have ac- quired in consequence of their appointment shall be for- felted. '4 ■■4 SNS. ' a private lodge re in the lodge no sir absence the se- :tp:o tempore. If and master may ;rand warden for mmanded, are to presides in any irdens. I, unless for rea- and lodge; but vith the conduct case to the grand rity of the bretb- unded, he may i another, id their duty in following fines, viz. for the first aeas, the junior neglect of duty they neglect to fuse to pay the I be considered !y may have ac- nt shall be for- THE GRAND REGISTRAR. no 0/ GRAND CHAPLAIN. The grand chaplain is to bo appointed by tlie grand master, on the day of his installation. He shall attend the quarterly communications and other meetings of the grand lodge, and there offer up solemn prayer, suitable to the occasion, as established by the usage of the fraternity. « Of GRAND TREASURER. 1. The grand treasurer shall be elected by the grand lodge at the quarterly communic .tion in March. 2. He shall, when required, give a joint bond, with two sureties, to the grand master, and to such other trus- tees as the grand lodge shall nominate, in such penalty and with such conditions as may be deemed expedient, for the due performance of his trust. 3. To the grand treasurer shall be committed all mo- ney raised for the general charity, or for any other public use of the society, of which he shall keep an account in a book, specifying the respective uses for which the several sums are intended ; and shall disburse the same in such manner as the grand lodge shall direct, and produce his accounts of receipts and disbursements, before every quar- terly communication ; and these accounts shall be annu- ally audited by a committee, and their report made there- on to the quarterly commuuication in March. '•[' tm ^ 4 0/ GRAND REGISTRAR. i . The grand registrar is to be appointed annually b; ^'-i I:' «e THE GRAND SECRETARY. the grand master, on fhe day of his installation^ and, if present, invested according to antient custom. S. He shall have the custody of the se«ls of the grand lodge, and shall affix the same to all patents, warrants, certificates, and other documents issued by the authcrity of the grand lodge, as well as to such as the grand mr s^er m conformity to the established laws and regulatiuna of the craft, may direct. 3. He is to superintend tlie office of the records of the grand lodge, and to take care that the several documents issued from his office be in due form. Of GRAND SECRET.* I?Y. 1. The grand secretary is to be appointed by the grand master, on the day of bis installation ; he may have a clerk, or assistant, if he think fit. Such assistant must be a master-mason, but is not, by the appointment, a mem- ber of the grand lodge ; and, therefore, he cannot attend therein without leave, nor, if present, speak without sue- cial permission. 2. The grand secretary is to issue summonses for all meetings of the grand lodge, its boards and committees, and to attend and take minutes of their proceedings, to re- ceive the returns from the several lodges and enter them m the books of the grand lodge ; to transmit to all the lodges the accounts of the proceedings of the quarterly communications, and all such other papers and documents as may be ordered, either by the grand master or grand lodge ; to receive all petitions, memorials, &c. and to lay them before thp o-rnn^i »noc^»~ -,^ -n, .i -"- 0-— "« ".cioicF or uuicr proper authority ; to attend the grand master and to take to him any books . H- iRY. tallatioii,^ and, if torn. 3als of the grand Ltents, warrants, by the authcrity lie grand mr s^er, d regulatiiiiia of C5 records of the eral documents Y. ed by the grand le may have a ssistant must be itment, a mem- > cannot attend k without spe- nmonses for all id committees, feedings, to re- ind enter them )mit to all the the quarterly And documents ister or grand &c. and to lay per authority ; im any books i THE GRAND SUPERINTENDANT, ETC. nr and papers he may direct ; and, generally, to do all such things as heretofoi-c have been done or ought to be don« by a grand secretary. 0/ GRAND DEACONS. 1. The grand deacons are to be appointed by the grand master, on the day of his installation, and must liave regularly served the office of warden of a private lodge. 2. If the grand dcacens be absent, the grand master may appoint any master of a lodge to officiate pro tem- pore. 0/GR AND SUPERINTEND ANT of the WORKS, GRAND DIRECTOR of the CEREMONIES, GRAND SWORD BEARER, and GRAND ORGANIST. 1. The grand superintendant of the works, director of the ceremonies, sword bearer, and organist, are to be ap- pointed annually by tlie grand master, on the day of his installation. They must be master masons and are to at- tend the quarterly communications and other meetings of the grand lodge. 2, The grand superintendant of the works ought to be a brother well skilled in the science of geometry and in architecture. He is to advise with the board of general purposes on all plans of building or edifices undertaken by the grand lodge, and furnish plans and estimates for the same : he is to superintend their construction, and see that they are conformable to tlie plans approved by . , 'A i :-.t:l i • ■'.';|»l • ■ 4 r a I il fl8 1^ .Mill! n' 1 THE GRAND TYLERS. tho pirand master, the grand lodge, and the hoard of gen- oral purposes : he is to suggest improvements, where ne- cessary, in all the edifices of the grand lodge ; and, on the first meeting of the hoard of general purposes in every year, report on the state of repair or dilapidation of such edifices, and make such farther reports, from time to time, as he may dcm expedient. 3. None of the grand officers can be removed, unless for reasons which appear sufficient to the grand lodge ; but, should the grand master be dissatisfied with the con- duct of any of his grand officers, he may submit the case to the grand lodge ; and, should it appear to the majori- ty of the brethren present that the complaint be well foun- ded, he may displace such grand officer and nominate an- other. v'i ,1.*) I Of GRAND STANDARD BEARERS. Grand standard bearers may be appointed by the grand master, as occasion shall require ; they must iie master masons, and are to carry the standards of the grand lodge, grand patron, and grand master, on all grand cer- emonies. They are not, however, by their appointment, members of the grand lodge, nor are they to wear the clothing of a grand officer. Any grand officer, entitled to have a standard, may ap- point a standard bearer whenever it shall be necessary, who must be a master mason. K i > V ^ |i Qf GRAND TYLERS. 1. The grand tylers are to be nominated by the grand s. le boanl of gen- Biits, where ne- ge ; and, on the poses in every idation of such )m time to time, emoved, unless 5 grand lodge ; il with the con- suhmit the case to tlio majori< t he well foun- d nominate an- RERS. Dinted by tlie they must be lis of the grand all grand cer- • appointment^ y to wear the lard, may ap- be necessary^ by the grand I -4 THE GRAND FESTIVAL. S9 niANtor ; (hey must be master masons, and arc to continue in office during pleasure. 2. The grand tylors arc to receive, from the grand sec- retary, the summonses for all meetings of the grand lodge, its boards or committees, and carefully to deliver the same. They are to attend all such meetings, assist in (lie ar- rangements, and see that none be admitted but those pro- perly entitled. 3. If any grand tyler shall, without the special licence of the grand master or his deputy, attend at any masonic fuHcral, or other public procession, or shall officiate or at- tend at any meeting or pretended lodge of masons, not be- ing regularly constituted, and not acknowledging the au- thority of the grand master, or not conforming to the laws of the grand lodge, he shall thereby be rendered incapa- ble of ever af*°r being a tyler or attendant on a lodge, and be excluded tht ^''ncfit of the general charity. GRAND FESTIVAL. 1. The annual masonic festival, in England, shall be on the Wednesday following the great national festival of St. George, to which all regular masons may be admit- ted, on providing themselves with tickets from the grand stewards appointed for the occasion. S. No lodge within the London district shall have a masonic feast on the day of the grand festival. 3. The grand stewards are strictly enjoined not to in- troduce any refreshment into the hall after the grand mas- ter and his oOicers shall have departed. 4. The grand festival shall be so regulated, by the 1 '1% . Ill .«■*; ti i.'i- II Ml 90 THE GRAND STEWARDS. grand stewards, that no expense whatever may be brouchi upon the grand lodge. ** Of GRAND STEWARDS. 1. Eighteen stewards shall be annually appointed, for the regulation of the grand festival, under the direc- tion of the grand master. They shall also assist in con- ducting the arrangements made for the quarterly commu- nications and other meetings of the grand lodge 2 The stewards for the year 1816 shall be 'appointed, hy the grand master, from eighteen different lodges, each of which lodges shall, i„ future, recommend one of its subscribing members, who must be a master mason, to be presented, by the former steward of that lodge, for the ap- probation and appointment of the grand master. 3. The name and residence of the member recommen- ded as steward for the year ensuing shall, at least four- teen days previous to the grand festival, be transmitted, by the lodge recommending, to the grand secretary. 4. No brother shall be presented as a grand steward unless he was made in the lodge by which he is recom- mended, or unless he shall have been twelve months a substnbint: member to it. 5. No lodge shall (under the penalty of forfeiting the privi ege of nomination) subscribe or in any manner con- tribute t<,wards the expense to be incuiTed by any steward m the discharge of the duties of his stewardship : and a- «y steward who shall acreptof any sum of money towards such expense .hal I f a feit all privilege or distinction which lie had acquired in consequence of his nnminnHon to or serving in that office. I iinnHnn irk *\t* THE GRAND STEWARDS. ai 6. Should any brother, recommended as a grand slew, ard, decline or be incapable of discharging the duties of the office, the lodge which recommended him shall, when informed of the circumstance, transmit the name of anoth- er member to supply his place, in the manner before di- rected. 7. If auy lodge possessing the privilpge of recommen- dation shall neglect to send to tlie grand secretary the name of one of its members, or to supply the place of one who shall decline or become incapable of dischar"-in"- the office, as required by the preceding articles, the lodge shall forfeit such privilege, and the grand master shall nomi- nate another lodge to have the privilege of recommenda- tion in future. 8. The grand stewards shall so regulate the festival that no expense whatever may be brought upon the grand lodge. 9. The grand stewards for the year shall wear jewels of silver (not gilded) pendant to red collars, bear white rods, and line their white leather aprons with i-ed silk. Past grand stewards are entitled to wear similar aprons. (See article Regalia.) 10. The grand stewards shall have the exclusive pri- vilege of becoming members of the grand stewards lodge ; subject, however, to the by-laws and regulations of that lodge. 11. The grand stewards lodge shall not have a num- ber, but shall be registered in the books of the grand lodge, and placed in the printed lists, at the head of all other lodges, and rank accordingly ; and shall be repre- sented m the grand lodge by its master, past masters, and •wardens. 'hi ... ,,;y ■ ■ ■■«« m i *,F: 33 THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. 13. The grand stewards lodge, being constituted as a sing, or raising masons. ^' * ;i .' - ," ' I !;H..:i . ' ' ;• ';iifi|" h I- ¥ 0/ PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. The office of provincial grand master was found par- tozlarly necessary in ,|,e year irsB, on account of I great increase of the craft and the n„m?.er of country od^ cMhatth^. might bean immediate head in ea^h pr'" vmce, to whom application might he made, without waU- for the *c.s,o« or opinion of ,he grand lodge. lart A ''''''°"""'^"' "f «•!' *er, for counties and for large and populous districts, is a prerogative of the slnd master, by whom, or in his absence, by his deLlv !„» tent may^„ granted, during pleasu^'toucb'^Sk;'':, cmtnence and ability i„ thecrafi as may be thought w^^ thy of the appointment. By this patent he is Invested mh a rank and power, in his particular district, similar to those possessed by the grand master himself. • HeThlu be regularly installed at the first provincial grand lodi winch he may hold after his appointment. ^ ^ ,rand officers for his province, who must he residents, and suhscrdung members to some lodge within the distrfct. hisdistir!v"r.-"'V" "'"^ '^''S«'»"n«y visit within Ir^h '^" •^'V'yV'^'^'^M grand master on ..sngh and the master of the lodge on his left hand, to warjlCTs, If present, are to act as wardens of this par- (iculaj- lodge during his presence ; but. if they a.« ah- sent, the provincial grand master may direct the wardens THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. 33 of the lodge, or any master masons, to act as liis wardens pro tempore. 4. He shall hear and determine all subjects of masonic complaint, or irregularity respecting lodges or individual masons, within his district, and may proceed to admoni- tion, or fine, or to suspension, until the next meeting of the united grand lodge, according to the general laws of the craft. A minute of all such proceedings, stating the offence and the law applicable to it, together with the de- cision, IS to be transmitted to the grand master. When the case is of so flagrant a nature as, in tlie judgment of the provincial grand master, to require the erasure of a lodge, or the expulsion of a brother, he shall make a spe- cial report to the united grand lodge, with his opinion thereon. The provincial grand master has no power to expel a mason, though he may, when satisfied that any brother has been unjustly or illegally suspended, removed, or ex- cluded, from any of his masonic functions or privileges, by a lodge, order him to be immediately restored, and may suspend, until the next quarterly communication, the lodge or brother who shall refuse to comply with such order. 5. If the provincial grand master or his deputy shall neglect to proceed on any case or business, which may be sent for his decision, the application or complaint may be transmitted to the board of general purposes. An appeal, in all cases, lies from the provincial grand master to the grand lodge, or grand master. (See arHcle Appeal.) 6. The provincial grand master may summon any lodge or brother, within his district, to attend him, or to produce the warrant, books, papers, and accounts of such lodge, or the certificate of such brother. If they do not comply, or E ii)' m\ > • .*, i* 'W ,^i 34 THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. give sufficient reason for their non-compliance, the sum- mons is to be repeated ; and, should they still persist in their contumacy, such lodge or brother may be suspended, and the proceeding notified to the united grand lodae or grand master. 7. He has power to give or to refiise consent for the re- moval of a lodge from town to town within his province, or from his province into another, or from another pro- vince into his own. 8. He shall hold a provincial grand lodge, in such place as may seem to him most convenient, at least once in eacJi year, and which may also be a masonic festival. He may convene grand lodges of emergency whenever in his .ludgment it may be necessary. He may likewise appoint stewards for economical arrancements, (not exceeding six,) but who take no permanent rank or distinction in the province. 9. He is required by himself, or his deputy, to corres- pond with the united grand lodge, and to transmit to the grand secretary, at or prior to the quarterly communica- tion m March, a circumstantial account, in writing, of his proceedings, and of the state of masonry within his pro- vinoe, together with a list of such lodges as may have been constituted since his last return, and the fees due thereon fo the united grand lodge. 10. To insure the regular performance of the duties of the provincial grand master, and to prevent the inconve- niences wliich mast arise from the neglect of them, he may authorise his deputy to execute all the functions of the office m his name, and may, for this purpose, invest --_ -^ j,«^-'"> "iuuci uis Hand and seal, with all the re- 'laisite powers, during pleasure. te jj'ifilir- m 'It MASTER. iance, the sum- r still persist in y be suspended, grand lodge or nsent for the re- in his province, a another pro- lodge, in such at least once in lie festival. He i^henever in his kewise appoint not exceeding istinction in the uty, to corres- ^ransmit to the y communica- writing, of his i^ithin his pro- nay have been IS due thereon r the duties of i the inconve- t of thein, he functions of rpose, invest th ail the re DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. 35 11. The provincial grand master must transmit the name and place of abode of his deputy, in writing, to all the lodges of his district, and also to the grand secretary, m order to have him registered, within one month of the appointment; and, at the same time, particularly specify to them, whether he intends the business of the province to be transacted through himself or his deputy. 42. If the provincial grand master die, resign, cr be suspended, or removed, the authority of his deputy ceases, nor can any provincial grand lodge be holden until be be reinstated or a successor appointed. 13. The provincial grand master, holding his office at the pleasure c^tbe grand master, and the power of the de- puty as well as of the provincial grand lod^e emanating from the authority vested in the provincial grand master, he or his deputy must be responsible that the provincial grand Iwlge do not exceed its lawful powers ; he is, there- fore, to cause correct minutes to be kept of all its proceed^ ings, and to produce them to the grand master or gran'' lod^ when reqnned. Of DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. It being most desirable, and highly conducive to the prosperity of the craft, that persons of high rank and con- sideration within the respective counties snould take upon themselves the office of provincial grand master, it is per- mitted to such officer to appoint a deputy j by whoM, when properly authorised by patent, all the functions of the office may be performed. 1. The deputy provincial grand master must have pre- viously served the office of master in some regular lodge, m 1^ g ' '-■.*f I r^ m M PKOVINCUL GRAND WARDENS, ETC. and be resident within the province. Hi, „.„„ ,„,, ,,,„ ofabodemurt be communicated, in writing, bythe pro- v«.ci.Igr»„d master, ,0 .11 „,e.„,,se, within the district, and also registered with the grand secretary i„ London w^hm one month of the appointment. The pmvincial h" deputyf '"°""™ '' '" ^ '""'"""• ""y *■'"""'»' a. He is to be appointed by patent, and holds his of- r,l„ V"^ ''""'' ""' ''" »""«»rity ceases on the death, Stt'er:"'"^"''""' "' "'"'-™'' "' '-» P'««.J ter, withiD the provmce, and presides, unless the pr„vi„. « 1 grand master be present, in .„y loUge he mrv^t 2 ^tt , *;• .^"-'""P-incial^and mast, s present the deputy ,s to be placed on his right hand, and the master of the lodge on his left He is not, by h , of flee, a member of the united grand lodge, nor does he no, masonic meetings. (See article Regalia.) PROVINCIAL GRAND WARDENS and otiur OFFICERS. led'^or i„l!?r' °'^:!" "" """""y "»"■'■'»'«' «»«» i»'t»l. led, or invested according to their stations in the provin- o^s!rt«''ni "' "!■'" ™ -SnlarlyappoiuteSXy possess, within their particular district, the ranit and nri ;^Se:[ '""",*""' ""'""^ "-■«"' "v "'^■•P- p..ntmeai, membei^of the united grand lodge, nor do THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGES. 37 they take any rank out of their province, though they are entitled to wear their clothing as provincial grand officers or past officers in all masonic assemblies. (See article Regalia.) No brother can be appointed a grand warden unless he be the master of a lodge, or has regularly served in that office ; nor a grand deacon, unless he be a warden or pa?t warden of a lodge. If grand stewards are appointed, the number shall not exceed six, nor shall they take any per- manent rank or distinction in the province. ;fe • .'I Of PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGES. 1. The provincial grand lodge of each province is to be assembled by the provincial grand master or his deputy at least once in each year for business ; and which may also be a masonic festival. a. The present and past provincial grand officers, be- ing subscribing members of any lodge within the district, with the masters, past masters, and wardens, of all the lodges, are members of the provincial grand lodge, and the master and wardens shall attend the same when duly summoned, or depute some brethren properly qualified to represent them. 3. The provincial grand lodge has the power of framing by-laws for its own government, and of making regula- tions for the guidance of the private lodges of the pro- vince ; provided that none of these are contrary to, or in- consistent with, the laws and constitutions of the united grand lodge of England. 4. Variou 9 provinces having experienced, gieat advan- tage from the establishment of a local fund, to be appro- ifct 11 "I'd 111. lodges in 11,^1 ■ / P""'"""' grand officer, |e«.usive„?r::x;rp;v:,i^«^^^^^^ odgf. Tho.e ,,aym„„|, by W " ,'2, i „„t" T"*" "on nlio l,as been iniii.iL . , "'"'"S' f<»- "ery per- ™. f„.a ea„„„. Vet:.:s^fx;t'" ■"^"■'"^ Of, at least, t^vo-thirds of th^ .« " 7 concurrence c;.. „^and loage, not.™,! SToIeTu' '■"'™^"'- shali havelm,! notice of ihe mee.in. ,°d .,. •''™""'='' to I>ropo>e (be estaWishmenl «f T , ""• ""«"«»» f'f'«n aha., b.vc Jn cr^e T'a tb' """'"" "«> lodge. If this f„„,| be ctarZH 1 ^nlwequeat grand tion by lodge,, i„ „,™Lr L ^^. ' "" °'°''' •'c'-Wbu- 1.-'. 'ban. o„'«,;rZc L ., "■' "™'^' »' """ -»»- P^vineial grand K 'yLtf"!. "^ '^"^ "'""8'' ""> or enact only part flZm TT"''""'"P«J"»»<», country ,„dgf, Z, il t d. ieT,' T."™- '•'"■"' «ediDg lh„;e cona Ll1„?. T; '''■''''='°'' '" '"' ex- London dis 17, Sr T"^ ''"'^^ "'»"■» «« vantage ofa Si" 'a 'r~";.;"" '»™ "" «<»- *H.yi„u»d«o. ?«:::;i^"::sr; '""^-^ this fund "^ ^ '^""" ""^"''"yfor the appIioatiLof «-«.enU o, tbia f„„^, ^ba^C ^Xbem^ t)L0D6B8. purjjoses, power rami lodge to di- cial grand officers 'esirable purpose, • the united grand 11 not exceed the er for every con- ?s for every per- "Uing for every »e last payment, the concurrence Bsent iftprovin- in the province if the intention d^ nor until the '>seqneBt grand 'de of contribu- ' of their mem- am, though the 'the payments, etion. Thus, d to fees ex- 5© within the have the ad- neral fund of Jns.) such regula- ipplicatioa of t a treasurer receipts and e»e accounts THE I'ROVINCUI, GRAND LODGES. s» mu,t t,e ,,r„,luce,l ,t every pr.,vi„ci.l gran,! l,,,!-,. ,„a to the lodges wuliin the province. 7. Correct minote, of .11 tl«. procce.li„is ofM.o nrovi,,- c... grand Mge sh.U be kept i„ a bnok' proper r To purpose, and which shall be produced, hj .he proviUa grand master, for the inspection „f.h grand a,tToi grand lodge whenever required. 8. As the provincial grand lodge emanates from the .ulhonty vested in the p«,vi„cial grand ma.,ter, i Z,e ses no other powers tha„ those heTe specified. ' ,f h e fore follows, that no provincial grand lodge can me b^, PUty , and that .1 ceases to exist on the death, resisnaiion uspen„„n, or removal of the provincial g a d ma, er' tbe"^^!*'"''';!'""'^'"''' "" P™"'"^'"! «"•»■' »>«slerdesiro the op,n,„n of h.s provincial grand lodge on the subject Z z w'tirr'"'"""' "' ""^"""^ "^'^'' -y "»- a "sen w.lh,n his province, they shall fully i„„„iri i„(„ ,he Cl'ras.e?"''.,!'t •'""""' "--■"-- ".eprovinJfa S^chSr "'"'"' '" "■" """^" ^-' '""^ «■ ,„^' ■V.j '■•■' k m f .4 pi ^k ir M PRIVATJi LOUQEH. ^ if W C0ZM-,£S OB FOJirjBJV fJBTS tlwt llieir powers shouL h. ^ ''«" "•■ ^"S'»»'l. ."s unto . g™„d „,,,„ 1^; i"ti :' '"' ^'' "'^"■ fcy ousible to the lodge for all the fees paya- ble on account of his initiation. This is not to extend to the making of serving breth- ren, "/ho may be initiated hy the lodge which they are to serve ; provided that no fee or reward in such case bu ta- lit t, * 'i'M isaist J 'ill 44 PRIVATE LODGES. ken, and that a dispensation from the grand mastev oi provincial grand master bo first obtained. id. Every lodge must receive as a member, without further proposition or ballot, any brother iniUated therein, provided such brother express his wish to that effect on the day of his initiation, as no lodge should introduce into masonry any person whom the brethren might consider unfit to be a member. 16. Every lodge must be particularly careful in regis- tering the names of the brethren initiated therein, and al- so in making the returns of its members, as no person i» entitled to partake of the general charity unless his name be duly registered, and he shall have been at least two years a contributing member of a lodge ; except in the fol- lowing cases, to which the limitation of two years is not meant to extend, vix. shipwreck or capture at sea, loss by fire, or breaking or dislocating a Umb, fully attested and proved. To prevent injury to individuals, by their being exclu- ded the privileges of masonry, through the neglect of their lodges, in not registering their names, any brother, so cir- cumstanced, on producing sufficient proof that he has paid the full fees to his lodge, including the register-fee, shall be capable of enjoying the privileges of the craft. But the offending lodge shall be reported to the board of gen- eral purposes, and rigorously proceeded against for de- taming monies which are the property of the graml lodge. 17. No lodge shall admit a visitor, unless he be per. sonally known, recommended, or well vouched for, after due examination, by one of the brethren present. Such visi.or must comply v/ith the regulaiions of the craft, as established for the first visit of any brother to a lodge ; rand master or jmber^ without litiated therein, ) that effect on 3 introduce into might consider ireful in regis- jerein, and al- ts no person is iless his name I at least two :cept in the fol- o years is not at sea, loss by Y attested and ir being exclu- leglect of their >rother, so cir- athe has paid 3ter-fee, shall e craft. But board of gen- gainst forde- graml lodge. ss he be per- fied for, after esent Such the craft, as r to a lodge ; PRIVATE LODGES. 4« aud, during his continuance, must l)e subject to the by- laws of the lodge. The master is particularly bound to enforce these regulations. 18. Each lodge shall procure for every brother initia- ted therein, a grand lodge certificate, to be paid for, by tho lodge ; and no lodge shall grant a private certificate to a- uy brother^ except for the purpose of his obtaining a grand lodge certificate, or in cases particularly specified in the book of constitution. The lodge shall not make a charge lor such private certificate. 19. No loeing holden under its warrant, such lodge shall l)e responsible that the proceedings in the lodge of insti-uc- tion are correct and regular, and that the mode of work- ing there adopted, lias received the sanction of the grand lodge. ■,. '«■■.* »•■'■', -.I ll . It? i.u -t'k I I, T ■• m 46 PRIVATO LODGES. t lodge SS AH monies received or pwd on account, stall be entered in proper books. The fees or dues re cened on account of, and payable to, the grand lodge, or pro«nc,aI grand lodge, shall be kept separate anldil X 2 T rr '^'""S-S <« the private f«„d of . e lodge, and shall be deposited in the hands of the master mrdt.tIt''"''Tr;' ""' '"•'S^"'"'' ^hallbe W mit ted to the grand lodge, or provincial grand lodse at snch t»es as the laws of the craft recmire"^ Theac™ nu of the lodge shall he audited, at least once in every yeaT l.y a committee to be appointed by the lodge S3. If any brother behave in such a way as to disturb the harmony of the lodge, he shall be thri^ forTaUyTl momsbed by the master; and, if he persist in hiT™^ lar conduct he shall be punished according to the bylw oftbat particular lodge, or the case may be reported to higher masonic authority. reported to »*. No lodge shall exclude any member without sivin- nm due notice of the chaigo preferred againsthim fnd of the time appointed for its consideration. The nam" «f every brother excluded, together with the cause of his ex elusion shall be sent to the grand secretary, and if a county lodge, also to the provincial grand miter or his 2S. The jewels and furniture of every lodse be'ons to, and arc the property of the master, warden,, and b^th^ ren of such lodge ; and the master of the house where the odge IS held shall have no property therein: norslaU te master of any tavern or publichouse be soiTered tobe the owner of the jewels or famitore of any lodge, for the purpose of having such lodge holdenat hish„l'e,„J' «'c penalty of the forfeiture of the constitution. N^r shall I lilt of the lodge es or clues re- ;rand lodge, or >arate and dis- ite fund of the of the master Jhall be trans- ind lodge, at The accounts in every year, 1^ •/• as ta disturb formally ad- n his irregu- a the by-laws i reported to 'g ithout givin_ thim, and of rhe name of iseofhisex- y ; and if a aster or his :e belong to, and breth- ie where the I : nor shall iffered to be Ige, for the Duse, under Nor shall \ ' t PRIVATE LODGES. 47 auyjewelbewornin a lodge other than those specified for the officers, except such honorary or otiier jewel, as shall be conformable to, or consistent with, those degrees which are recognised by the giand lodge. 26. All minutes, lists, and books of account, belonging to a lodge, must be produced by the master, when he shall be so required by competent authoiity. S7. No lodge shall presume to make application to the grand master, onl)usin( s concerning masonry, but through the deputy or otb , . . jper office^ 28. The masn-'v pist masters, and wardens, of every warranted lodge, are members of the grand lodge ; but they cannot be admitted without their proper jewels and clothing. 29. The master or wardens of a lodge, not being able to attend their duty in grand lodge, may, by a written do- cument, appoint other members ofthe lodge, duly quali- lied, to represent them : namely, a past master to repre- sent the master, and any past warden or one of the dea^ cons to represent a warden ; such appointment shall be deivered to the proper officer, at the entrance of the grand lodge. SO. The majority ofthe members of a lodge, when con- gregated, have the privilege of giving instructions to their master, past masters, and wardens, before the meeting of the grand lodge ; because such officers are their represen- tatives, and are supposed to speak their sentiments. 31. Each lodge shall make its returns regularly to the grand secretary, according to the regulations under the heads London and Country Lodges : and, if it become in arrear in its payments grand lodgf '11 m ! year. •10 not meet during that period, such lotlgp is liable to a*- ' IM-i 46 PRIVATE LODGES. rasui'oj nor can any of its oflBcers be permitted to attend tlie grand lodge, until all arrears sliall have been dischar- ged. 33. If a lodge be dissolved, the constitntion shall be delivered up to the grand master, and shall not, on any account, be transferred without his consent. 33. If the warrant or constitution of a lodge be sold, or prepared by any other means than through the regular channel of petition to the grand master, or a provincial grand master, such constitution shall be forfeited, and the lodge erased. 8*. As every warranted loflge is a constituent part of the grand lodge, in which assembly all the power of the fraternity resides, it is clear that no other authority can destroy the power granted by a waiTant j if, therefore, the majority of any lotlge should determine to quit the so- aety, the constitution, or power of assembling, remains wiih the rest of the members who adliere to their allegi- ance. If all the mentbers of a lodge witbr a provincial rfeited^ and the stitoent part of > power of the 7 authority can ; if, therefore, to ({uittheso* Wing, remains ► their allegi- ^v themselres, t ; and all the ts to tlie grand ? a lotlge ren- git, tfae^and 'e decided on thrett, whom T, at the hot- »dge shall be til the master 5, of their of- nswer fo the LONDON LODGES. ^ 36. If any lodge be summoned to attend, or to produce 8 warrant books, papers, or accounts, to the grand mas- teror h,s deputy, or the provincial grand masler or his deputy, or any board or committee authorised by the grand lodge, and do not comply, or give sufficient reason for non- compliance the summons is to be repeated ; and, if it still p. «st m Its contumacy, such lodge may be suspended, and the proceeding notified to the grand lodge. 37. A lodge offending against any law or regulation of the crafty to the breach of which no specific penalty is attached, shall, at the discretion of the grand I'odge ^r a 11 uT""'^ '""'^'"^^''^ or of a provincial grand master, be subject to admonition, fine, or suspension first offelr ' r"l^"'"* *^"^'^' '' ^^'^» ^«' f«r the tund? f ' ""f*"""' P^"°^» nor mo«. than five pounds; for a second offence of a similar nature, within three yea.s, it shall be, not le«s than two, nor morrthaa ten pounds ; and if the lodge shall refuse to pay the fine! or be guilty of a third offence, within three years of the All fines levied shall be applied to the general charity. Of LODGED within the LONDON DISTRICT. Au. lodges in London, or within ten miles thereof, are T''^'^^''],^^^onlo^,s, and,therefore,arenoU^ ^rtkejurwdictioncrfproyindal grand masters. These ttrftLT?'^''''V''' f«"«^i^S«'S-l«tions, in addi- tion to all those specified under the head nfPrJva*« LM 1. Each of these lodges shall transmit to the gr^d UK hi m .1,-^ •;■-'■( bo COUNTllY LODGES. secretary, on or before the quarterly communications in June and Decer iber, a regular list of its members, and of the brethren initiated or admitted therein since its last re- turn, with the dates of their admission, initiation, passing and raismg ; and also their ages, as nearly as possible at that time, and their titles, professions,- or trades ; which list must be signed by the master and secretary. All the contributions due must, at the same time, be transmitted to the grand lodge. (See article Contributions.*) N. B. Mo person initiated into masonry can be entitled to partake of the general charity, or other privilege, un- less his name shall have been du.y registered, and the fees paid. S. No lodge within the London district shall have a masonic feast on the day of tlie grand festival. 0/ COUNTRY LODGES in DISTRICTS, /'Oil WHICH A PROVmCIAL GRAJfD MASTER IS APPBU^TTED, All lodges at a greater distance than im miles from London are considered as country lodges, and are to ob- serve the following laws and regulations, in addition to those specified under the head of Private Lodges. 1. Country lodges are under the immediate superin- tendance of the grand master of their respective provin- ces ; to whom, or to his deputy, they are to apply in all cases of difficulty or doubt, and to whom all complaints and disputes must be transmitted. If those officers should neglect to proceed in the business, the application or com- * Books adapted to this purpose, correspnndinK «!th the returas to be made to the grand lodge, may (for the convenience of lodges) be had, free of expense, by application to the grand secretary. nunications in imbers, and of nee its last re- iatioii; passing '' as possible at trades ; which itary. All the t)e transmitted tions.*) can be entitled privilege, nn- ered, and the shall have a al. RICTS, s APPeuirrED. sn miles from and are to db- in addition to odges. diate superin- jctive provin- apply in all 11 complaints ifficers should lation or com- the returns to be )ges)beha(), free COUNTRY LODGES. ai plaint may be transmitted to the board of general purpo- ses, and an appeal in all cases lies to the grand lodge or grand master. S. Every lodge shaH, however, at least once in the year, transmit, by direct commmiication to the grand sec retary, a regular list of its members, and of the brethren initiated or admitted therein since their last return, with the dates of initiating, passing, andraisingj eveiy brother ; also their ages as nearly as possible at that time, and their titles, professions, additions, or trades, together with all monies due or payable to the grand lodge ; which list is to be signed by the m:«ster and secretary. (For the fees payable see article Contributions.) N. B. No person initiated into masonry can be entitled to partake of the general charity, or other privilege, un- less hb name shall have been duly registered and the fees paid. 3. Applications for grand lodge certificates are also to be made direct to the grand secretary, and if the name of the brother, wishing for the certificate, has not been pre- viously registered, the money payable on registration must be transmitted at the same time, as no certificate can, on any account, be issued until such fee has been paid. (See article Certificate.) 4. The master, wardens, and all past masters, subscri- bing to any lodge, are members of the provincial grand lodge, and the master and wardens shall be bound to at- tend its meetings when duly summoned, or to depute some brethren properly qualified to represent them. 5. Every lodge shall make a return similar to that re- quired to be made to the grand secretary, once in each I I m ■m dS tOUNTHY LODGES. year, or oftener if required, to their provincial grand mas- ter, at such times as be may appoint. 6. Every lodge shall also transmit, with the said re. turn, to the provincial grand master, such sums of money ir.\r ^''''^'''''^ '^y * -«te of the provincial grand lodge, according to article 4. page 37. 7. Every countiy lodge shall have a local as well as a general rank, so that if any lodge be removed from one provmce into another, although it is to retain the orisinal numberin the grand lodge books and preserve the^me rank in the united grand lodge, . ad in all public meetings out of he province into which it may have been removed, yet within the said province it is to rank immediately af! ter the lowest numbered lodge previously existing, as well at the provincial grand lodge as at public ceremonies. The sfemonty of country lodges in their particular district 18, herefore, ever to be determined by the date of their re, gistry in the book^ of the provincial grand lodge. 8. No country lodge shall be removed out of its pro vince, norfrom place to place within the same province, without the consent of tho provincial grand master ; nor shall any lodge be moved into another province without the consent of the provincial grand master for that pro- vmce. * Country Lodges in Places, for which no Provincial Grand Master is appointed. These lodges must, in every case, make their comma- mcations, whether in regard to complaints or oUierwise. direct to the grand secretary in London, ■i al grand mas- i the said re« ms of money ic provincial as well as a 'ed from one the original •vc the same ^lic meetings sen removed, nediately af- ting, as well ceremonies. ;ular district 5 of their re^ ge. i of its pi-o- e province, laster ; nor »ce without • that pro- rovindal iir comma- odierwise^ MILITARY LODGES. Qg Of MILITARY LODGES. It being essential to the interest of the craft, that all military lodges should be strictly confined to the purpo* ses for which their warrants were originally obtained i and, very great abuses having arisen from the improper initiation of masons by such lodges, every warrant, there- fore, which is held by a military lodge shall be forfeited, unless Uie following laws be complied with, in addiUon to those specified under the head of Private Lodges. 1. No warrant shall be granted, for the establishment of a military lodge, without the consent of the comman. ding officer of the regiment, battalion, or company, to which it is to be attached, having been first obtained. a. No military lodge shall, on any pretence, initiate into masonry any inhabitant or sojourner in any town or place at which its membera may be stationed, or through Which they may be marching, nor any person who does not, at the time, belong to the military piofession, nor any military person below the rank o. a corporal, except as serving brethren, or by dispensation from the grand mas- ter, or some provincial grand master. 3. When any military lodge, under the oonstitwtion of England, shall be in foreign parts, it shall conduct itself so as not to give oKincetothe masonic authorities of the tountry or place in which it may sojourn, never losing sight of the duties it owes to the grand lodge of England, to which communication is «ver 4o be made, and aU fees and dues regularly transmitteil. (See article Fees,) 4. If the regiment, battaKon, or military body, to which a military lodge is attached; be disbanded or reduced, the ^■■^^1 .fe> k 1 1 '1..^; i^'li 1^' W 1 M !;:,.* Ml MASTERS AND WARDENS. brethren shall take care that the warrant be carefully transmitted to the grand lodge, that it may not m into improper hands ; but, if a competent number of the bre- thren remain together, they may apply for another war- rant, of the same number, to be holden as a civil lodge, at such place as may be convenient, and which may be ap- proved by the giand master. Such warrant to be granted without any addiUonal expense. Of the MASTERS and WARDENS o/ LODGES. 1. All preferment among masons should be grounded upon real worth and personal merit only, therefore no brother shall be elected master of a lodge or appointed to any office therein, merely on account of seniority or rank. The master, who must have previously been appointed and served as warden of some warranted lodge> shall be annually elected by ballot ; and at the next lodge, when the minutes are confirmed, he shall be installed in the chair, according: to antient usage : he shall then appoint his wardens and all other officers of the lodge, except the treasurer and tyler. If such master be a prince of the blood royal, he may also appoint a deputy master, who shall be regularly installed, and shall be entitled, when out of office, to all the privileges of a past master. No master shall assume the master's chair until he shall have been regularly installed, though he may, in the interim, rule the lodge. N. B. It is not essential, although very desirable, that a brother should be present when appointed to any office, provided it be known that he will accept the same. S. No master of the tavera or house at which a lodge •.x- SNS. nt be c».r8fully lynot i;ill into tber of the bre- p another war- i civil lod^e, at icb may be ap- It to be granted f LODGES. d be grounded . therefore no r appointed to liority or rank, een appointed odge> shall be t lodge, when (Stalled in the then appoint ge, except the prince of the f master, who atitled, when master. No he shall have 1 the interim, lesirable, that to any office, bich a lodge MASTERS AND WARDENS. 65 meets shall be appointed an officer in such lodge, without a dispensation from the grand master, or the provincial grand master. 3. Every master, when placed in the chair, shall sol- emnly pledge himself to observe all the oldestablished usages and customs, and to preserve the land- marks of the order, and most strictly to enforce them within his own lodge. 4. No brother shall continue in the office of master for more than two years in succession, unless by a dispensa- tion, which may be granted by the grand master or the provincial grand master in cases of real necessity ; but he may be again elected after he has been out of that office one year. This regulation shall not extend to a prince of the blood royal appointing a deputy, but it shall to such deputy. 5. The master and wardens of a lodge are enjoined to visit other lodges as often as they conveniently can ; in or- der that the same usages and customs may be observed throughout the craft, and a good understanding be thereby cultivated amongst free-masons. 6. The master is to take care that the by-laws of the lodge be fairly written j and that books be kept in which he, or some brother appointed by him as secretary, shall enter the names of its members, and of all persons initia- ted or admitted therein, with the dates of their proposal, initiation or admission, passing, and raising ; also their ages, as nearly as possible, and their titles, professions, or trades, together with such transactions of the lodge as are proper to be written. The accounts shall also be re- gularly kept, and the fees payable to the grand lodge shall be entered in « separate and distinct account. The r'-'f * .i; ■■■'!* ''I '^«P •ferl a6 MASTEUS AND WARDENS. raMter.,re,pon«,il,lo for (1,0 correct in,erti.m„f ,11 ,|,e«. M incapable of discharging (he dtiUes of hi, ofHce, (he se mor «,rde„ shall act a. ™„.er. in summoning ^ M^ ■n il (he next elecCon of officers ; and he shall'in (!,»„«' (ake (he cL- r* •""* '""'•'' '"= I"«»^»'. fc" ball «.^e (he chair, and, ,f ^, ,he„ ,he „, j.,, p^ ^„.„ ^^' 8 No master, warden, or o(her officer of a lodee. shall 5^» a recommendadon (o any hro(her, (o enaWe hi^ („ proceed from lodge to Mge », a pauper, or in an ll rant manner io apply f„r relief. Nor sh. I (hey CTanU lodge certiiic(e ; or in cases specially p'rovided L in the 9. The mas(er, or, in his absence, the senior warden l.« the right a„d authority of a^sembUng a lodI!^!^„? -y emergency, and to appoint tlie time^.f meelT thj causeof such emergency must be stated in thesuZ^^ and inserted in ihe minutes ; and »o «ther busineTsS be entered upon at that meeting. "" to "striT"'";'"? "»nderi(impro,«,H.rthe lodg, to assemble at its usual place of meeting, the master mfv W any .(her phu=e, «d consult & hr^thre^ on (I^ t(). The mMteraiid wardens rf <.,.erv M« j. .|« L»n<.«« district shdl, wiUO, «« «K,nthWTh«; .p! I tI^ CN8. ion of all the a- 5 such lists, mi- lawful author- , or be render- s office, the se- ing the lodge, !ill, in the mas- lastcr be pres- sent, he shall ist master pre- a lodge, shall nable him to ir in an itine- they grant a- iring a grand Jed for in the lior warden, >dge upon a- aeeting; the summonses, siness 3haU or the lodge master ma.y turonon the Hep. in 'tUa — — - --» »«r?> r their iip. MASTERS AND WARDENS. 57 pointmcnt in each year, sign (heir names in a book, at the office of the grand secretary. II. The master and wardens of every lodge shall at- tend he grand master or his de, uty. rr the provincial grandmaster or his deputy, or u.y boar, or committee authorised by the grand lodge ; n ul j,n;du- .the warrant, minutes, and books, of the lodge, w. .i summoned so to «lo, under pam of suspension, and being reported (o the next grand lodge. IS. The master, past masters, and wardens, of a lod-e are members of the grand lodge ; but they cannot attend without their proper jewels and clothin". 13 Masters or wardens, not being able to attend the gTand lodge, may, by a written document, appoint other members of their lodge, duly qualiCed, to represent them ; namely, a past master to represent the master : and a past warden or one of the deacons, to represent a warden • such appointment shall be delivered to the proper officer' at the entrance of the grand lod^e. ' 1*. The master, past masters, and wardens, being the representatives of their lodge in the grand lodge, and sup- posed to speak the sentiments of their brethren, are bound to act upon such instructions as may be given to them, in a lodge duly assembled. If. To prevent the members of lodges from miscon- cemug the real state of their private fund, and to insure a more regular transmission of the contributions to the -rand lodge, or provincial grand lodge, all monies payable for register fees, certificates, or nn«rfora«« .i.„i} k. .^---u , m the hands of the master, to be kept disUnct from the funds of the lodge; and shall be remitted with proper >■■ iii ■■•Ji i»8 MEMBERS. I* lists, at least once a year, if in tlie countiy, and twice a year if in London. 16. The master, past masters, and wardens, of a lodge, which shall have neglected, for one whole year, to make its retunis and payments to the grand lodge, are thereby disqualified from attending the grand lodge, or sitting up- on any board or committee, until those returns and pay- ments have been completed. 17. The officers of a lodge which is removed shall not be permitted to attend in the grand lodge, or in a urovin- cial grand lodge, until such removal shall be properly no- tified. 18. The wardens or officers of a lodge cannot be re- moved, unless for a cause which appears to the lodge to be sufficient ; but the master, if be be dissatisfied with the conduct of any of his officers, may lay the cause of com- plaint before the lodge ; and if it shall appear, to the ma- jority of the brethren present, that the complaint be well founded, he shall have power to displace such officer, and to nominate another. Of MEMBERS and their DUTY. 1. No brother shall be admitted a member of a lodge, unless t»'e laws of the craft, relating to the proposing and admitting of candidates, shall have been strictly complied with. (See Proposing Members.) 2. Every brother initiated in a lodge thereby becomes a member, without any farther nroposition or ballot pro- vicT'd he express his wish to that effect oh the day of his initiation. iiul twice a , of a lodge, i", to make are thereby r sitting up- j and pay- d shall not 1 a provin- ropcrly no- anot be re- he lodge to ed with the ise of com- , to the ma- int be well officer, and of a lodge, posing and y complied »y becomes liallot, pro= ! day of his MEMBERS. BQ 3. The member who proposes a candidate for initia- tion shall be responsible for the payment of the fees. 4'. A brother who has been concerned in making ma- sons clandestinely, or at a lodge which is not a regu ar lodge, or for small and unworthy considerations, or who may assist in forming a new lodge without the grand mas- ter's authority, shall not be admitted as a member, nor e- ven as a visitor, into any regular lodge, nor partak of the general charity or other masonic privilege, till he make due submission, and obtain grace. 5. A brother shall not be entitled to partake of the gen- eral charity, unless his name shall have been duly regis- tered, nor unless he shall have been at least for two years a contributing member of a lodge. He must also shew that, at the time of his initiation into masonry, he was in good, or at least tolerable circumstances. The limitation of two years is not meant to extend to the following cases, viz. shipwreck or capture at sea, loss by fire, or breaking or dislocating a limb, fully attested and proved. 6. No brother shall presume to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, the proci edings of any lodge, nor any part thereof, or the names of the persons present at such lodge, without the direction of the grand master, or provincial grand master, under pain of being expelled from the order. This law is not to extend to the writing, printing, or publishing, of any notice or summoi:s, issued to the mem* bers of the lodge, by the authority of the master. 7. No brother shall presume to make application to the grand master, on business concerning masonry, except through the deputy grand master, or other proper .officer. •S. The majority of the members of a lodge duly assem it' If i ■?v; «t ■ -^■ .i^■ t % ::4l M ^ .l.f: 60 MEMBERS. bled have the privilege of giving instructions to their mas- ter, wardens, and past master, before the meeting of the grand lodge, because thesa officers are their representa- tives, and arc supposed to speak their sentiments. 9. The majority of the members present at any lodge duly summoned have an undoubted right to regulate their own proceedings, provided that they are consistent with the general laws and regulations of the craft ; no member, therefore, shall be permitted to enter in the minute book of his lodge a protest against any resolution or proceed- ing which may have taken place, unless it shall appear to Lim to be contrary to the laws and usages of the craft, and for the purpose of appealing to a higher masouic author!- 10. If any brother behave in such a way as to disturb the harmony of the lodge, he shall be thrice formally ad- monished by the master, and if he persist in his irregular conduct he shall be punished according to the by-laws of the lodge, or the case may be reported to higher masonic authority. 11. No member shall be excluded from his lodge with- out due notice being given to him of the charge preferred against him, and of the time appointed for its considera- lion. The name of every brother so excluded, together with the cause for his exclusion, shall be sent to the grand secretary ; and, if a country lodge, also to the provincial grand master or his deputy. 13. Ifany member shall be excluded from his lodge, or shall withdraw himself from it, without having com- plied with its by-laws, or with the general regulations of the craft, he shall vnt ho oii«.;M» 4« -«- -»*• i- 1- ' -"'■ '"• ^»%«"U lu anj oiiiur iuuge, uniu that lodge shall have been made acquainted with his for- ':'U MEMBERS. (il to their mas- eting of the representa- snts. t any lodge Jgulate their sisteut with no member^ linute book or proceed- 11 appear to le craft, and uic author!- 3 to disturb ormally ad- is irregular by-laws of er masonic lodge with- e preferred considera- d, together » the grand provincial his lodge, iving com- ulations of juge, uaiii th his for- mer neglect, so that the brethren may be enabled to exer- cise their discretion as to his admission. Whenever a memlier of any lodge shall resign, or shall be excluded, or whenever, at a future time, he may require it, ho shall be furnished with a certificate, stating the circumstances under which he left the lodge ; and such certificate is o be produced to any other lodge of which he is pmposed to be admitted a member, previous to the ballot being taken. 13. All differences or complaints, that cannot be accom- modated privately or in some regular lodge, shall be re- duced into writing and delivered to the grand secretary, who shall lay them before the grand master, or tlie pro- per boanl or committee appointed by the grand lodge. When all parties shall have boen summoned to attend thereon, and the case shall havt been investigated, such order and adjudication may be raade as shall be authori- sed by the laws and regulations of masonry. l*. If any brother be summoned to attend the grand master or Ids deputy, or his provincial grand master or his deputy, or any l)oard or committee authorised by the grand lodge, and do not comply, or give sufficient reason for his non-attendance, the summons is to be repeated, and, if he still persist in his contumacy, he shall be suspended from all masonic rights, and the proceeding notified to the grand lodge. 15. A mason offending against any law or regulation of the craft, to the breach of which no specific penalty is attached, shall, at the discretion of the grand lodge, or a- ny of its delegated authorities, or of a provincial grand master, be subject to admonition, fine, or suspension. If fine be the punishment awarded, it shall be, for the first offence, not less than one pound nor more than five ;•!*' • -r i 1 <'> i '♦!■■■ •J '• I . ft 63 PROPOSING MEMBERS. pounds ; for a second offence of a similar nature, within three years, it shall be not less than two nor more than ten jiounils ; and if a brother shall refuse to pay the fine, or be guilty of a third offence within three years of the second ofl'ence, he shall be expelled from the craft. All fines levied shall be applied to the general fund of charity. Of PROPOSING MEMBERS, OF JflJA'IJVG, P^SSIJVG, JiJVD RAlSmG. Great discredit and injury Piaving been brought upon our antient and honourable fraternity from admitting members and receiving candidates, without due notice be- ing given, or inquiry made into their charact r. and qual- ifications ; and, also, from the passing and , ^sing of ma- sons without due instructions in the respective degrees, it is determined that, in future, a violaUon or neglect of any of the following laws shall subject the lodge offending to erasure, because no emergency can be allowed as a justi- fication. 1. No brother shall be admitted a member of a lodge without a regular proposition in open lodge, nor till his name, occupation, and place of abode, as well as the name and number of the lodge of which he is or was last a member, or in which he was initiated, shall ^^ /e een sent to all the members in the summons for t'.' j -> sta- ted lodge meeting ; at which meeting the brother^ gtand lodge certificate, and also the certificate of his former lodge is to be produced, and the decision of the brethren to be ascertained by ballot. When a lodge has ceased to meet, any former member thereof shall be. eligible to be iture, within 3r more than pay the fine, years of the craft, aeral fond of VG. irought upon Q admitting lie notice be- ? and qual- ^sing of ma- e degrees, it iglect of any offending to id as a justi- of a lodge nor till his as the name was last a 1 ^^ /e ^een *' !'> sta- pler's, gtand his former he brethren B.S ceased to igible to be PROPOSING MEMBERS. 63 proposed and admitted a member of another lodge, on producing a certificate from the grand secretary, stating the fact and specifying whether tlie brother has been re- gistered and liis quarterage duly paid. 2. A brother, initiated in a lodge, thereby becomes a member, without any further proposition or ballot, r- Dvi • ded he express his wish to that effect on the day of his» in- itiation. 3. No person shall be made a mason without a regular proposition at oneNdge, and a ballot at the next regular stated lodge ; nor until his name, addition or profession, and place of abode, shall have been sent to all the mem- bers in the summons. In cases of emergency, the following alteration as to the mode of proposing a candidate is allowed. Any two members of a lodge may transmit in writing to the master the name, &c. of any candidate ti " may wish to propose, and the circumstances which cause tl>e emergency ; and the master, if the emergency be proper, shall notify the said recommendation to every member of his lodge, sta- ting the name, age, addition or profession, and place of abode, of the candidate ; and may, at the same time, sum- mon a lodge to meet at a period of not less than seven days from the issuing of the summons, for the purpose of bal- loting for the candidate ; and, if the candidate be then ap- proved, he may be initiated into the first degree of mason- ry. The master shall, previous to the ballot being taken, cause the said proposition, and the emergency stated, to be recorded in the minute-book of the lodse. 4. Not more than five new brotheis shall !)e made in any one lodge on the same day, nor any man under the age of twenty-one years, unless by dis[>cnsation from the •I i^ ■1; ''i '11 >rn ii ,} 64 PROPOSING MEMBERS. grand master, or provincial gran(? master. F.very candi- date must be a free mar, and his u.vn master, and, nt the time of initiation, be known to be in reprlable r>cumstan. ces. He should be a lover of the liber 1 sr^s ami M:>en ces, and liave made some progress in on , or oih-v of then, ■ and he must, previous to his initiation, subscribe Ills naiie at Aifl length to a declaration of the following import, rh- To tfu tvorshipfal master, wardens, officer.., and mem- bers of thii lodge of ^Q '' ^eing free by birth, an. I of the full s?Se of twenty-one years, do declare, that, unbiassed by the improper solicitation of friends, and uninfl.ienced by mercenary or other unworthy motive, I freely and volun- tarily offer myself a candidate for the mysteries of mason- ry ; that I am prompted by a favourable opinion concei- vedofthe institution, and a desire of knowledge ; and that I will cheerfully conform to all the antient usages and established customs of the order. Witness my hand, this day of Witness JV. B. Copies of this declaration may be had of the grand secretary. 5. No person can be made a mason in, or admitted a member of a lodge, if, on the ballot, three blac? halls ap- pear against him. Some lodges wish for no indul- gence, but reqnVe the unanimous consent oft members present; som- Jmit one black ball, swm ««> ; the by- laws pf each loUge must, therefore, guide : "min this re- spect; but ifthere be three blackballs su/ ^ ; ^?^on can- mAf on any pretence, be admitted. ''.very candi- •, and, at the ! €lrcums m. e than one do2;ree of masonry on the same day, at shorter interval than one u.onth from his receivii.^, a previous degree. This regulation is not to extend to those brethren initi- ated previous to the passing of this law. Every return, or other document upon which a grand lodge certificate is "~. . — ' '«-.- consequently speciry uol only the date of initiation ; but also the days on which the brother was advantages of the grand ;iand lodge lier the pos- s are euac-; nasoii shall mmediately rand lod-e, X shillins;^ it makes a ll, in addi- appeal is Jecent lan- of the year m district, quarterly le purpose i accounts reon to tlie FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 73 Of the FUND 0/ MASONIC BENEVOLENCE. 1. The fund appropriated to the object of masonic be- nevolence shall not be infringed on for any purpose, but shall be kept strictly and solely devoted to charity. 2. The distribution and application of this charitable fund shall be monthly ; for which purpose a committee or lodge of benevolence shall be holden on the last Wed- nesday of every month. This lodge shall consist of all the present and past grand officers, and all actual masters of lodges. The brother presiding shall be bound strictly io enforce all the regulations of the craft, respecting the distribution of this fund, and shall be satisfied, before any petition be read, that, all the required formalities have been complied with. Three grand officers shall, therefore, be specially summoned for each meeting, by the choice and direction of the grand maj.ler, or his deputy, not by rotation, but by discretion ; and which three grand offi- cers shall act as the master and wardens. If either be absent the brother senior in rank then present shall sup- ply his place. The members shall not be subject to canvass or previ- ous solicitation, but shall have their minds free from pre- judice, to decide on the merits of each case with the im- partiality and purity of masonic feeling. If therefore it shall appear that this rule has been wilfully transgressed, the consideration of the case of the brother on whose be- half the canvass or solicitation has been made, shall be deferred for the space of three months ; anJ no member shall at «iny lime vote upon the petition of any person, for whom he may have been canvassed, or to whom he is re- K 1.:!' if' i ii ,'»^ 6' y\ 7'h FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. lateil, or who is a member of the lodge to which he him- self belongs ; though such member may be heard on the merits of the petition, and must then withdraw. If any master of a lodge shall canvass or otherwise solicit on be- half of a petitioner, such master shall be rendered incapa- ble of attending as a member of the lodge of benevolence for twelve months. 3. No master shall be a member of the lodge of benev- olence if his lodge have neglected to contribute to the funds of the grand lodge during the preceediug twelve months. 4. Applications for relief must be by petition, stating the name, occupation, place of abode, and present circum- stances of the petitioner; together with the name and num- ber of the lodge in which he was initiated, and the time when he was made a mason. The applicant, unless dis- abled by disease or accident, must sign liis name to the petition. 5. To every petition must be added a recommendation, signed in open lodge, by the master, wardens, and a ma- jority of the members then present, to which the petitioner does or did belong, or from some other contributing lodge, certifying (sea the form at the end) that they have known him to have been in reputable, or at least tolerable, cir- cumstances, and that he has been not less than two years a subscribing member to a regular lodge, with such other observations as they may think proper; and the master or one of the wardens, or some member of the lodge, except it be a country petition, shall attend the committee, to speak to the truth of the statement sot forth in the petition, and to certify that the signatures thereto are genuine. 6. N =\y^\\ i\%n i.n^^Ai. »i^ it.:~ i\ ^1 L. n TiAi*anna cliall i.o/>ni«m *t%A %*^w*^*i^ a*'*i^«^...- ■ i — i (hose who have been regularly initiated in a warranted w ■I ■i!i icli be him- eard on the aw. If any olicit on be- ared incapa- bencvoleuce ;e of benev- to the funds e months. ioD; stating sent circum- le and num- nd the time unless dis- ime to the imendatiou;, and a ma- e petitioner I ting lodge, lave known jrable, cir- i two years such other e master or Ige, except imittee, to he petition^ auine. _ p. 1 i,.-i warranted FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 75 lodge, who have paid the full consideration- fee, who have been registered in the books of the grand lodge, and who have continued members of a contributing lodge for at least two years, and have, during that period, paid their quarterly dues to the fund of benevolence. The limita- tion of two years, however, does not apply to the cases of shipwreck or capture at sea, loss by fire, or breaking or dislocating a limb, fully attested and proved. Secretaries who are by their lodges exempted from the payment of subscription shall not thereby be disqualified from obtaining assistance from the fund of benevolence in case of need but shall be considered as subscribing mem- bers of their lodges, their services being equivalent to sub- scription, provided their dues to the grand lodge have been duly paid. 7. If it shall be satisfactorily proved that any petUion- ing brother has paid to his lodge the full fees, including the register fee, and also two years quarterage, but that the lodge has neglected to register such brother or trans- mit the dues to the grand lodge, the committee may re- lieve the brother and at the same time transmit the case and the proof adduced to the board of general purposes, that such lodge may be rigorously proceeded against for withholding monies which are the property of the grand lodge. a Nopetitionforreliefshallbe presented to the com- mittee, unless it have been left with the grand secretary three t^ ,,, at least previous to their meeting. 9. N.f petition shall be read, unless the petitioner at- tend the committee in person ; except in case of sickness, lameness, imprisonment, or residence in the country, be^ yond the London district. ■ • ?i I .•■I fit •I Si; I -I' S.:. •I ' u H i ■ 'm'- 78 FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 10. A brother, who has been once relieved, cannot pe- tition a second time within one year. 11. The committee may order the payment of any sum not exceeding ten pounds towards the relief of a distressed brother, whom they may think a proper object. 12. The committee may also grant any sum, not ex- ceeding fiv' pounds, towards the relief of the indigent widow or Oijihan children of a deceased mason who would himself have been qualified to receive assistance ; provi- ded the application be made to the committee within nine months after the death of the husband or father, and that proper certificates and testimonials be produced. Should there be many children totally dependent on the widow, the grant may, at tlie discretion of the committee, be ex- tended to any sum not exceeding ten pounds. 13. When the petition of the widow or children of a deceased mason shall be presented to the lodge of benev- olence, it shall be ascertained whether the husband or fa- ther had received a certificate from the grand lodge or from his private lodge ; and, if he had received such cer- tificates, they shall be deposited with the grand secretary, or it shall be satisfactorily proved that they are lost, pre- vious to such petition being taken into consideration. 14. If cases of extraordinary distress should occur, in which the sum of ten pounds does not appear sufficient to afford adequate relief, the committee shall refer such ca- ses to the most worshipful grand master, who may grant any sum which they shall recommend, not exceeding twenty pounds. 15. Brethren under the constitution of the grand lodges of Scotland and Ireland, as weti as of foreign grand hwig- cs, may be relieved, on the production of certificates from caniiut pe- 3f any sum a distressed m, not ex- ile indi^^ent who would ice ; provi- within nine 1*; aud that L Should the widow, ;tee, be ex- lildren of a ;e of benev- band or fa- id lodge or d such cer- d secretary; e lost, pro- ration. Id occur, in suflRcient to er such ca- ► may grant ; exceeding rand lodges s;rand todg- ificates froni BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES- 77 their respective grand lodges, and satisfactory proof of their identity and distress. 16. These laws and regulations shall be read by the grand secretary previous to the committee entering on ar ny business ; and the master in the chair shall not, on a- ny pretence whatever, allow any part of them to be dis- pensed with or infringed. To prevent mistakes in the recommendation of pe- titions, the following form is proposed; which, how- ever, may be altered as circumstances require. We, the undersigned, heing the master, wardens, and majority of the members present, in open lodge assem- bled, of lodge No. called and held at this day of 18 do hereby certify, that the within-named petitioner hath been a regular contributing member of this lodge, for the space of years ; and that we have known him in reputable circumstances, and do therefoi e recommend him to the Lodge of Benevolence for relief? Laving satisfacto- ry grounds for believing the allegations set iovth in his petition to be true. Of the BOARD of GENERAIi PURPOSES. 1. This boanl shall w/i^-i? i of a president and twenty other members ; of w iicl> ♦he grand iiiasler shall annual- ly nominate the presid ;jt ::ind ten of the members, at the quarterly communieadon in June ; and the grand lodge shall, on the same day, elect the other ten, from among the actual masters oi lodges ; tuA they, togetiier with the grand master, deputy grand mas'ar, and the grand war- ■ (! ■1%' ■1 i'i ■ ii Ii u 'Hi 4 I^i^i ' 4 II", 78 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. dens of the year, shall constitute the board : one-third of the members, at least, must go out of office annually. From the members thus appointed the board shall elect a vice-president. 2. Should the president and vice-president be absent^ the grand officer highest in rank and seniority shall pre- side. 3. This board shall meet on the fourth Monday in ev- ery month, at twelve o'clock precisely ; but, when busi- ness of importance requires special meetings, they shall be called by command of the grand master, or by the au- thority of the president. 4. Five members shall constitute a board and proceed to business, except in the decision of masonic complaints, for which purpose at least seven membera must be present. All questions shall be decided by a majority of votes • the presiding officer, in case of equality, is to have a se- cond vote. 5. The board has authority to hear and determine all subjects of masonic complaint or irregularity respectin-^ lodges or individual masons, when regularly brought be^ fore it, and generally to take cognizance of all matters re- lating to the craft. It may proceed to suspension, admo- nition, or fine, according to the laws of the society ; and its decision shall be final, unless an appeal be made to the grand lodge. Buf, should any case be of so flagrant a nature as to require the erasure of a lodge or the expul- sion of a brother, the board shall make a special report thereon to the grand lodge, with which body alone the power of erasure and expulsion resides. 5. The iioaru may summon any lodge or brother to at- tend them, and to produce the warrant, books, papers, or •f* ae-third of annually. lall elect a )e absent^ shall pre- lay in ev- rfaen busi- they shall y the au- d proceed implaints, e present, of votes ; lave a se- irmine all •especting ought be- latters te- rn, admo- ety; and ide to the la grant a le expul- ai report alone the her to at- aperS;, or BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 79 accounts) of the lodge, or the certificate of the brother. If such lodge or brother do not comply or give sufficient rea- sons for their non-compliance, the summons shall be re- peated ; and, if they still persist in their contumacy, the lodge or brother shall be suspended and the proceeding notified to the grand lodge. 7« No recommendation, petition, or representation, of any kind shall be received by the board, from any lodge or brother, unless it be in writing, and signed by the per- son or persons addressing the board. 8. The members of the board shall be in masonic clo- thing when they proceed to the investigation of any charge or complaint, or to the examination of witnesses. 9. When the board has investigated and decided on a- ny case, which, in its judgment, requires the admonition, fine, or suspension of a lodge or brother, the fact alledged as the offence shall be fully stated in the minutes, shall be declared to have been proved, the law relating to the offence (if particularly provided against) quoted, and the decision recorded and then acted upon. 10. This board is to have the direction of every thing relating to the buildings and furniture of the grand lodge, and may suggest any alterations or improvements. It is to cause the necessary preparations to be made for the meetings of the grand lodge as well as for the days of fes- tival, public ceremonies, &c. and to take care that arrange- ments be made with the master of the tavern for the pro- per accommodation of the boards or committees appointed by the grand lodge, and of the private lodges meeting at Freemason's Tavern. It shall also give orders for all the usual and ordinary articles, which may be requisite for^tlie grand lodge ; but no extraordinary expenses of a- II tf 11. 80 BOARD OF FINANCE. h^ ny kind shall be incurred without the previous sanction of the grand lodge. 11. The board shall also have tlie care and regulation bf all the concerns of the grand Itidge, except the finance, and shall conduct the correspondence between the srand lodge and its subordinate lodges and brethren, and also the communications with sister grand lodges and brethren of eminence and distinction throughout the world. ±2. The board may recommend to the grand lodge whatever it shall deem necessary or advantageous to the welfare and good government of the craft, and may origi- nate plans for the better regulation of the grand lodge and the aiTangement of its general transactions. 13. All communications from the board to the grand master, grand lodge, other l)oard8, private lodge, or bro- ther, shall be made in writing. 14. The board shall proceed to the consideration of a- ny special matter which may be referred to it by the grand maftter or the grand lodge in preference to other business. 15. All resolutions and transactions of the board shall be entered in the minute-book, by the secretary, read be- fore the board adjtjurns, and signed by the presiding offi- cer for the time being. Of the BOARD of FINANCE. 1. This board shall consist of a president and twelve other members ; the president and six of the members shall be nominated annually by the grand master, at the quarterly communication in June ; and the grand lodge shall, on the same day, elect the other six, from among the actual masters of lodges. One-third of ttie members sanction of regulation tie iinance, tlie grand and also d bretlircn Id. find lodge ous to the may origi- lodge and the grand ge, or bro- ition of a- the grand r business, oard shall , read be- dding offi- nd twelve members :er, at the ind lodge m among I members BOARD OF FINANCE, 81 must go out of office annually. From the members thus appointed the board shall elect a vice-president. The grand master, deputy grand master, and the grand virar- dens of the year, are, ex oiUcio, members of this board. 5. Should the president and vice-president be absent, the grand officer highest in rank and seniority shall pre* side. 3. Five members shall constitute a board. All ques- tions shall be decided by a majority of votes : the presi- ding officer, in case of equality, is to have a second vote. 4. This board shall have charge of the finances of the grand lodge, and see that no unnecessary or improvident expenditure take place. 6. The board shall have full power to inspect all the books and papers relating to the accounts of the grand lodge, and to give orders for the correct arrangement of them ; and also to summon the grand treasurer, grand re- gistrar, grand secretary, or other brother having posses- sion of any papers, documents, or accounts belonging to the grand lodge, and to give such orders as may be ne- cessary for the execution of their functions. 6. The board shall examine all demands upon the grand lodge, and, if found to be correct, shait order the grand treasurer to discharge them. The order shall be in writing, signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary, and also entered upon the minutes. 7. The board shall meet on the Mondaiy subsequent to each quarter-4ay, when the account of receipts and dis- bursements for the last quarter shall be balaaired. This •Bcount, together with a Uat of the contributions, shall be printed and transmitted to each lodge w thii iwenty-one daya. The board may alto be convenetl }*encver busi- HI n H -il m CONTUIBUTIONS, ETC. nes requires, either by the command of the grand master, or hy the authority of the president. 8. At the meeting immediately after the twenty-fifth day of Decemher in each year, the board shall investigate the accounts of the grand lodge for the last year, and pre- pare them for the audit committee ; and shall, at the quar- terly communication in March, state the amount of re- ceipts and expenditure, under their respective heads, for such year ; together with the amount of the property be- longing to the grand lodge in tj^e public funds or else- where ; and generally do all such iqatters as may be ne- cessary to .«7."» the grand lodge full information respecting the receipt :n I application of its funds. An abstract of this repoit ; luvl* be transmitted to every lodge, as directed by the pief>uliitig articles. II? ..1 ^CONTRIBUTIONS and of^cr PAYMENTS. KvE BY brother, on his ai^oiiitment or re- appointment to either of the following offices, sihalj pay towards the fund for general purposes , The deputy grand master • - , Ten guineas. Grand wardens ------ Eight guineas. Grand treasurer ----.. Five guinea^. Grand registrar Tkree guineas. Grand secretary Tfcree guineas. Grand deacons Tkree guineas. Grand dlrpx;tor of ceremonies - - Two guineas. Grand superintendant of wcNrks^^^ - Two guineas. Grand swerd bearer Tu^o guineas. The deputy grand master^ gravid wardens, grand trear surer, grand regiatrar, or grand secretary, npt hiiYing ser- (1 roastci'; enty.fifth ivestigate and pre- the quar- lut of re- eads, for perty be- or else- y bene- especUng stract oi 1 directed 5NTa ointment t^fdi the eaa, lineas. . iea,8. ineas. imas. ineas. mas. fleas. neas. md trear ring ser- CONTRIBUTIONS, ETC. 83 vcd the office of grand steward, shall pay, on his first no- mination, an additional sum of twenty guineas, to the fund of bencv(dence, and the grand deacons ten guine' ch. A provincial giand master shall pay three g. as for his patent, and twenty guineas to the fund of general pur- poses ; and if he have not served the office of grand stew- ard, an additional twenty guineas to the fund of benevo- lence. The twenty guineas to the fund of benevolence is not, however, lu be paid by a provincial grand master ap- pointed to a colonial or foreign di^tfidt, provided the bro- ther be a resident in such district. A deputy provincial grand master shall pay two guin- eas for registering bis name in the books of the grand lodge. Revlting a dormant or granting a new warrant, five guineas ; a warrant of confirmation, two guineas. Grand lodge certificates, six shillihgs and SHc-penee. Registering fee for a mason made within the London district, one guinea ; for a mason made in a countiy, fbr- eigli, orwilitary lodge, ten shillings and six-pence ; for a brother joining a lode:e in the liondon distvict, lie having been initiated in an ..er lodge, five shillings : and for a brother so joining a country, foreign, or military lodge, two shillings and six-pence. Every member of each lodge within the London dis- trict shall play, toward the fund for masonic benevdence, one shilling per quarter, or four shillings per annum : and every member of each country, fo- -ign, a. 1 military lodge, six-pence per quarter, or two siiillings er annum. k ;-; :ff M I •III -I If An ji IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 4 {./ './. /^\% ■*;> & % 1.0 ^1^ I I.I 2.5 Ef ii^ 12.2 ^ Ufi Hill 2.0 11:25 III u — 6" ilM 1.6 w v^ / aouj^dpnic ^Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 4? "^•V EN- ^y^w^ 81' REGALIA. hi s Of REGALIA. The following masonic clothing and insignia shall be worn by the craft ; and no brother shall, on any pretence, be admitted into the grand lodge, or any subordinate lodge, without his proper clothing. If any honorary or other jewel be worn, it must be con- formable to, and consistent with, those degrees which are recognised by the grand lodge. JEWELS. The Grand Maatevy The compasses, extended to 45*, with the segment of a circle at the points and a gold plate included, on which is to be engraven an iirad- iated eye within a triangle. Past Grand Maaters, - - A similar jewel, with- out the gold plate. The compasses and square united, with a five-pointed star in the centre. The compasses and square only. The level. The plumb. A book, within a tri- angle. A chased key. A scroll, with seal ap- pended. Grand Secretary, Cross pens, with a tie. Deputy Grand Master, Past Deputy Grand Masters, Senior Grand Warden, - - Junior Grand Warden, - - Grand Chaplain, .... Grand Treasurer^ Cfrand Registrar, REGALIA. 80 ia shall be y pretence, mbordinate lust be con- 9 which are ed to 45", and a gold ID an irrad- Bwel, with- Dld plate. Eisses and oited, with nted star ia s. lasses and ly. ithin a tri- ith seal ap- with a tie. Gmnd Superintendant of Works^ A semicircular pro- tractor. Grand Director of Ceremonies, Criiss rods. Grand Deacona^ Dove Sf olive-branch. Grand Sword Bearer, - - - (j|ros8 swords. Grand Organist, A lyre. The jewels of the grand chaplain, treasurer, registrar, secretary, superintendant of works, director of ceremonies, deacons, sword bsarer, and organist, are to be within a wreath composed of a sprig of acacia and an ear of com. Provincial Grand Master, The compasses and square, with a five-pointed star in the centre. Frov. Dep. Grand Master, The square. Ml othev Frovincial Grand Officers, Jewels of the same description as those worn by the officers of the grand lodge. The jewels of the provincial grand master and other provincial grand officers are to be placed within a circle. on which the name of the province is to be engraven. All past officers of the grand lodge, or a provincial grand lodge, the jewel of their respective offices oa a blue enamelled oval medal. All the above jewels to be gold or gilt ; and the collars to be garter-blue, four inches broad. Masters of Lodges, The square. Past Masters, • The square and the diagram of the 47th prop. 1st B. of Euclid, engra- ven on a silver plate, pendent with- in it. Senior Warden,- The level. M .1 r ■ I- 9- »■■• p M Junior Warden, TreaaureVf - Secretary, heaconSf • • Inner Guards Tyler, - REGALIA. The plumb. The key. The cross pens. The dove. Gross swords. . - - The sword. The above to be in silver.— The collars to be light blue riband, four inches broad : if silver chain be used, it must be placed over the light-blue riband. APRONS. Entered ^pprentice^X^\9\n white lamb skin, from 14 to 16 inches wide, 18 to 14 inches deep, tKjuare at bottom, and without ornament ; white strings. Fellow Cro/if,— A plain white lamb skin, similar to the entered apprentice, with the addition only of tw^ ..ky- blue rosettes at the bottom. Master Mason,— i:h%. Mint, with sky-blue lining a^sd edging, If inch deep, and an additional rdsette on the fall or flap.— No other colour or ornament shall be allowed except to officers and pftst officers of lodg- es, who may have the emblems of their offices in sil- ver or white in the centre of the aj/ron. Grand Stewards, present OMrf;;a«<,— Aprons of the same dimensions, lined with crimson, edging 3§ inches, and silver tassels.— The collars of the grand stew- ards lodge to be crimson riband, 4 inches broad. Officers of the United Grand Lod^, present and past^ Apwnsofthe same dimensions, Mned with garter- bhie, edging 3| inches, ornamented with gold, and blue strings, and aay have the emblems of their of- fices, in gold or blue, in the centre. n le light bine sed, it must in, from 14 tHjuare at ings. lilarto the of tw* «»ky- lining n,rkd rosette on Qietit shall srsfof lodg- Rces in sil- )f the same 3| inches, rand stew- )road. nd pasti*^ th garter- gold, and tf their of- CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. 8y Officers ofProvinciai Grand LodgeSy present and past,— Aprons similar to the officers of the united grand lodge, except that the garter-blue edging must not exceed two inches in width. The masters and past masters of lodges to wear, in lieu and in the places of the three rosettes on the master ma> son's apron, perpendicula? lines upon horizontal lines, thereby forming three several sets of two right angles ; the length of the horizontal lines to be two inches and a half each, and of the perpendicuUr lines one inch ; these emblems to be of riband, half an inch broad, and of the same colour as the lining and edging of the apron. If grand officers, similar emblems, of garter-blue or gold. Of CONSTITimNG a NEW LODGE. Every application for a warrant to hold a new lodge must be by petition to the grand master, signed by at least seven regularly register;jd masons ; and the lodges to which they formerly belonged must be specified. The petition must be recommended by the officers of some reg- ular lodge and be transmitted to the grand secretary, un- less there be a provincial grand master of the district or provincein which the lodge is proposed to be holden, in which case it is to be sent to him, or to bis deputy, who is to forward it, with hia recommendation or opinion thereon, to the grand master. If the prayer of the peUtion be granted, the provincial grand miuter may issue a dispen- sation, anthorieiag the brethieq to meet as a lodge, untU a warrant of constitution shall be signed by the grand master. The follQwing I9 the form of the petition. 1, ii 4 i I i •■;♦■ CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. " To the M. W. Grand Master of the United Fra- ternity of Aiiticnt Free and Accepted Masons of En^:;1and : « We, the undersigned, heing regular registered ma- sons of the lodges mentioned against our respective names, having the prosperity of the craft at heart, are anxious to exert our best endeavours to promote and diffuse the gen- uine principles of the art ; and, for the conveniency of our respective dwellings and other good reasons, we are desirous of forming a new lodge, to be named In consequence of this desire, we pray for a warrant of constitution, empowering us to meet as a regular lodge, at on the of every month, aud there to discharge the duties of masonry, in a constitutional manner, according to the forms of the order and the laws of the grand lodge : and we have nominated and do re- commend brother [A. B.] to be the first master, brother [C. D.] to be the first senior warden, and brother [E.F.] to be the first junior warden, of the said lodge. The prayer of this petition being granted, we promise strict o- bedience to the commands of the grand master and the laws and regulations of the grand lodge.*' In order to avoid irregularities, every new lodge should be solemnly constituted, by the grand master, with his de- puty and wardens ; or, in the absence of the grand mas- ter, by his deputy, who shall choose some master of a lodge to assist him. If the deputy be absent, the grand master may appoint some other grand officer or master of a lodge to act as deputy pro tempore. The following is the manner of constituting a new lodge, «s practised by his Grace the Duke of Wharton, n United Fra- pted Masons gistered ma- ctiVe names, e anxious to iisetbe gen- tiveniency of ions, we are [ L warrantor [ar lodge, at \t, aud there Dnstitutional nd the laws 1 and do re- ter, brotbei' ther[E.F.] )dse. The ise strict o- ter and the >dge should with his de - ;rand mas- naster of a , the grand r master of ting a new f Wharton, CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. 89 when grand master, in the year 1722, according to the antient usages of masons. A lodge is duly formed ; and, after prayer, an ode in honour of masonry is sung. The grand master is then informed, by the secretary, that the brethren present de- sire to be formed into a new lodge, &c. &c. The peti- J him, by any other !w lodge, shall re- nd master r to enter choosing h the two lis appro- PUBLIC CEREMONIES. 81 bation, and to the new lodge for their consent. That be- ing granted, tha senior or junior grand warden, or some brother for him, shall rehearse the charges of wardens ^ and the candidates being solemnly asked , by the new mas- ter, shall signify their submission thereunto. Upon which, the new master, presenting khcm with the instruirents of their office, shall, in due form, instal them in their proper places ; and the brethren shall signify their obedience to the new wardens, by the usual congrat- islation. The other officers of the lodge are then appoin- ted, and invested in antient form. The lodge, being thus completely constituted, shall be registered in the grand master's book, and by his order notified to the other lodges. 0/ PUBLIC CEREMONIES. Ceremony of laying a Foundation-Stone, 8^c. by the M. W, Grand Master. The grand lodge having been opened, at a convenient place, and the necesaary directions and instructions given, it is adjourned. The brethren being in their proper clo- thing and jewels, and wearing white gloves, the proces- sion moves in the following order, viz. Two grand tylers, with drawn swords. Music. Brethren, not members of any lodge, two and two. The lodges according to their numbers ; Juniors going first. Members of grand stewards lodge. v^uiCcrs Ox grand stswarus lOuge. Architect, or builder, with the mallet. I' i I A r ji. ^, I t I I '"i M PUBLIC CEUKMONIES. Grand organist. Grand auperintendant of >vorkH, with the plan. Grand director of ceremonies. Grand deacons. Grand secretary, with book of constitutions, on a cushion. Grand registrar, with his bag. Grand treasurer, with his staff. Grand chaplain. Past grand warden.s.- Past provincial grand masters. Provincial grand masters. Past deputy grand masters. Visitors of distinction. Junior grand warden, with plumb. ^riaTilJi. I Standard of the grand lodge, j ^^^^--^^ Senior grand warden, with level. Steward, ) V*"'"™® "^ ^^^ ^"^"^^ 1*^, f g with wand. ( square, and compasses, j^XwJnd ) on a velvet cushion. ^wun wanu. Deputy grand master, with square. / Steward, with wand. Standard of the grand master. J Steward, ° I with wand. Grand sword bearer. Most worshipful grand master. Two stewards, with wands. Grand tyler, with drawn sword. Having arrived within a proper distance of the spot, the procession halts, the brethren open to the right and left, so as to leave room for the grand master to pass up the centre, he being preceded by his standard, and sword bearer, the si*and officers and brethren following in suc- 14 4' PUBLIC CEHEMONIEH. oa plan. & cushion. Steward, ith wand. Steward, ith wand. Steward, ith wand. ) spot, the and left, ss up the id sword ; in suc- cession from the rear, so as to invert the order of proces- sion. The (;rand master having arrived at his station, on a platform, an ode is sung or music played (as previously arranged). The stone being prepared and the plate with the proper Inscription, the upper part of the stone is raised, by an engine, the grand chaplain repeats a prayer, and the grand treasurer having, by the grand master's com- mand, deposited on the plate various coins of the present reign, the cement is laid on the lower stone, and the upper one is let down slowly, solemn music playing, lleing properly placed, the grand master descends to the stone, proves that it is properly adjusted, by the plumb rule, le- vel, and square, which are successively delivered to him, by the junior grand warden, senior grand warden, and de- puty grand master ; after which, tie architect or builder delivers to him the mallet, with which the grand master gives three knocks. The grand master tlien delivers to the architect or builder the several implements, for his use. The plan and elevation of the building are presented by the grand superintendant of the works, to the grand mas- ter, for his inspection, and, havi?> . approved them, he gives them to the architect, for his guidance. Tlie grand masterre-ascends the platform, music playing. An ora- tion, suitable to the occasion, is delivered. Some money for the workmen is placed on the stone, by the grand treasurer. If the building be fur a charitable institution, a voluntas ry subscription is made, in aid of its funds. The procession then returns to the place from which i< set out, and the lodge is closed. ^ 4 i; * M MASONIC FUNERALb. Of MASONIC FUNEUALS. No mason can be interred with the formalitien of the or- der, unless it be at his own special request, nor unless ho has been advanced to the degree of a master mason. When the wish of the deceased shall have been commu- nicated to the master of the lodge of which he died a mem- ber, the master may apply to the grand master or provin- cial grand master for a dispensation. A dispensation having been obtained, the master may invite other lodges to attend in form, but the whole cere- mony, unless the grand master or his deputy, or the pro- vincial grand master or his deputy, be present, must be under the direction of the master of the lodge to which the deceased belonged ; and he is accountable for the regu- larity and conduct of the whole proceeding. The lodges rank according to seniority, the junior pre- cediug, (except the lodge to which the deceased belonged, which in every < ase is to go the last,) and each lodge forms one division. Ajm !l Appli ter Accoi Appe Audil Aproi ByL Bene Boarc Boarc Claiic Comn CoiQp Count INDEX. SECOND FART. »«»%<»«« %>W«V>^i»» AHnrirr t/HAROES, vii. ' Of Ood and Religion , 3 ' Of tht Civil Magiitrate 3 J Of iMdrti 4^ Of Maatfrn, Wardens, Ffllow, and Jipprenti - ets . i Of the Management of the Craft in fVorking Of Behaviour, vix. In Lodge whiU comti' i 'I •1 tuted 8J >9fter the Lodge ia o ver and the Breth ren not gone . . • 8 When Brethren meet without btrangerSf but not in a Lodge , Inthe Preuncenf Stran- ger a, not Masoaa «" 14,58 Times of Meeting . . 14,15 Alteration of Laws . 16,19 Presenting Memorials, *c 17 Grand Officers, viz. Grand Master . . . 17,20 Deputy Grand Master . . 22 Provinrial Grand Master . 32 Grand Wardens . . », .35 Chaplain i 25 Treasurer 25 Registrar 25 Secretary gf; 96 INDEX. Page, i Deacons ..:... 27 1 Superintendant of Worka 27 1 Director of Ceremoniea 27 1 Sword Bearer . . . . 27> Organist S7^ Standard Bearers . . . i8i Grand Tylers 28 S Grand Festival . . . . 15, 29 ; Grand Stewards 50 1 Grand Stewards Lodge . . SI | Grand Officers Fees . . . 82 $ Initiation Fee . . . 43, 58, 65 if Jewels 46. 84 1 Joining Members . . ■ 60. 62 i Lodges, Private 40^ Lodges of Emergency . 41, 56 > Lodges of Instruction . 45, 66 1 Lodges may instruct their Re- l presentatives . . . . 47, 59 1 Lodges oflfending against the | Laws 17,49^ Lodges, if dissolved • : . 48 < Lodges in the London District 49 1 Lodges in the Country . . 50 ' Lodges, Military . . • ; 53 ' Lo'«ge Seal 66 f Master of the House where a $ Lodge meets not to be an Of- ■ ; ficer without dispensation 4 1 ,52 « Military Men ...... 4S | Military Lodges . . : > . SSi Master & Wardens of Lndge$> 54 1 must sign Book at Grand \ Secretary's Office . . . 56j Members and their Duties . 58 < Makings, &c. . . . 42, 43, 62 1 Masons offending against the | Laws 46. 6n Misconduct of Members 46, 61 1 Names of Lodges . ... 42 { New Warrant . . . , . 83 1 Officers of Lodges . . . . 40 < Provincial Grand Master 32, 83 1 Page. Prov. Dep'y. Grand Master 35, 63 Provincial Grand Wardens and other Officers . . . .36 Provincial Grand Lodges > 37 Provincial Grand Stewards . 37 Provincial Fund 38 Private Lodges . . . . .40 Precedency of Lodges • 42, 52 Proc%:edings of Lodges not to be printed ... . . . 59 Protests 60 Proposing Members, ^Tc. • . 62 PubIic Processi'^ns . , 45, 71 Public Ceremonies . . . .91 Petitions for Relief ... 74 Petition for a new Lodge . . 87 Regulations of theGrandLndge 18 Representatives in SisterGrand Lodges . 20 Restoring ei eluded Brethren, ^■c 21, 33 Removal of Lodges . 42, 52, 69 Returns to be made by Lod- ge* 47, 49. 51 Recommendation to a Petition 77 Registering Masons ... 44 Registering Fees . . . 57,83 Regalia 84 Stewards, Grand 30 Serving Brethren .... 42 Transfer of Warrants ... 48 Tylers 71 Uniformity of Practice . 45, 55 Visitors 44, 67 Warrants of Lodges not to be sold : 48 Warrants may be transferred by Grand Master . . 23,48 Warrants and Books of Lod- ges, when to be produced . 49 Wardens of Lodges ... 54 Warrant of Confirmation • 83 THE END. Page, ■aster 55, uS Wardens . . . .36 idges • 57 jwards . 57 . ... 38 . . • 40 !9 . 42,52 B8 not to . . .59 . ... 60 ^•c. . . 62 . , 45, 71 ... 91 ... 74 )dge . . 87 tndLodge 18 sterGrand . ... 20 Brethren, . . 21,33 . 42,52,69 byLod- 47, 49, 51 I Petition 77 ... 44 . . 57,83 ... 84 ... SO ... 42 s. . . 48 ... 71 ce . 45, 55 ■ . 44,67 not to be ... 48 Bnsferred . . 23.48 of Lod- >duced . 49 ... 54 ition • 8S